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<#0#>This symbol indicates that the material in this section is more technical than the average text.<#0#>

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<#1#>The fact that extraction of square roots can be used to solve quadratic equations had already been recognized by the Sumerians. Furthermore, an ancient Babylonian tablet (c. 1600 B.C.) states problems that reduce to the solution of quadratic equations.<#1#>

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