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Historically, which letters were used to represent points in geometry?

AHebrew letters only
BLower-case letters
CGreek letters only
DUpper-case letters
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Upper-case letters
1. Historically, upper-case letters stood for points in geometry. 2. Lower-case letters were used for variables and constants. 3. Greek and Hebrew letters were added later as more types of object arose. _Source: Wikipedia, Glossary of mathematical symbols, lead section_
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