This Math Problem is in the Louvre Museum

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The Louvre is the most visited art museum in the world. They have masterpieces, art, and artifacts from many different time periods and places - including the old Babylonian empire. I know the Babylonians best for their mathematics, and the Louvre possesses a tablet (Tablet AO6770) that contains a math problem concerning compound interest. Today we solve the problem using modern methods and the linear interpolation method used by the Babylonians on the tablet, which is dated around 1700BC. #maths #mathematics #ancientmathematics

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SOURCES
e: The Story of a Number by Eli Maor
The Emergence of Compound Interest by C. G. Lewin
Compound Interest Doubling Time Rule:
Extensions and Examples from Antiquities by Saad Taha Bakir
https://plus.maths.org/content/have-w...
https://museums.eu/museum/details/702...
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_...

0:00 Intro
2:05 The Tablet
3:03 mathshion
3:56 Modern Solution
5:02 Logarithms
8:16 Babylonian Solution
12:07 How it Looked
13:07 Conclusion