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Why do humans use the decimal number system for counting?
Presumably because the digits on their hands add up to 10
Why do you use the decimal system today?
It is mainly because humans have ten digits: fingers and thumbs. As a result, from prehistoric times, one of our counting bases has been ten.
Why do humans use decimal?
because humans have 10 fingers, in olden days they used to count using their fingers
A numeration system based on grouping by tens?
decimal system
Does the decimal system use ten symbols?
No. It uses ten digits and the decimal point: eleven symbols in all.
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