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Who introduced the Arabic numeral system to the Western world?
86. Who introduced the Arabic numeral system to the Western world?
- Euclid
- Pythagoras and samos
- Leonardo Fibonacci
- Archimedes
Answer
The correct answer is: C) Leonardo Fibonacci
Explanation
Leonardo of Pisa, often known as Fibonacci, introduced the Arabic numerical system to the Western world. Fibonacci introduced the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, which contains the digits 0 to 9, and the place value system in his work "Liber Abaci" (1202).