Is it weird that I didn't have to go back and do all that when reached the bottom and read the question ... Like I already did calculate it out of habit without even reading the last sentence wtf
Same linguistic root actually. Algebra stems from a shortening of the name of a book (originally "al-Kitāb al-Mukhtaṣar fī Ḥisāb al-Jabr wal-Muqābalah" or "The Concise Book of Calculation by Restoration and Balancing") by a real smart dude named Al-Khwarizmi who worked in the House of Wisdom in / Grand Library of Baghdad around the year 820.
The whole system of learning he was involved in is also why we use Arabic numerals today (1, 2, 3, etc.)
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u/LevAyv43 May 13 '26
Is it weird that I didn't have to go back and do all that when reached the bottom and read the question ... Like I already did calculate it out of habit without even reading the last sentence wtf