alleryWhich scholar gave algebra its name but avoided negative numbers?
ABrahmagupta
BAl-Khwarizmi
CFibonacci
DCardano
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Al-Khwarizmi
1. The word algebra comes from the book Al-jabr wa'l-muqabala.
2. Its author, Al-Khwarizmi, did not use negative numbers or coefficients.
3. Brahmagupta used negatives, and Fibonacci and Cardano came much later.
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