Mathematical language extends natural language to be what?
ARhyming and story-like
BHumorous and rhythmic
CEmotional and persuasive
DConcise, precise, unambiguous
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Concise, precise, unambiguous
1. Mathematical language extends a natural language such as English.
2. Its aim is to state laws, theorems and proofs briefly, exactly and without double meaning.
3. Humour, rhetoric or rhyme are features of literary language, not of mathematics.
_Source: Wikipedia, Language of mathematics, lead section_
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