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Who discovered the square root of numbers?
7. Who discovered the square root of numbers?
- Ptolemy
- Eratosthenes
- Hero of Alexandria
- Xenocrates
Answer
The correct answer is: C) Hero of Alexandria
Explanation
Hero of Alexandria, also known as Heron, was a Greek Mathematician who developed different Mathematical principles, notably the square root of numbers. He published "Metrica," a treatise in which he elaborated methods to find the square roots of whole integers and fractions.