Babylonian Number System/Examples/12,59;57,17

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Examples of Numbers represented in the Babylonian Number System

The number represented in the Babylonian number system as:

$12,59;57,17$

is represented in decimal as:

$12 \times 60 + 59 + \dfrac {57} {60} + \dfrac {17} {60 \times 60} \approx 779 \cdotp 955$


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