Which scholar systematized algebra as an independent subject in the 9th century?
AEuclid
BAl-Khwarizmi
CPythagoras
DNewton
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Al-Khwarizmi
1. In the 9th century Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi made algebra a discipline of its own.
2. Before that it served mainly to solve problems in geometry.
3. Euclid and Pythagoras lived centuries earlier and Newton much later.
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