alleryBefore the Renaissance, mathematics was divided into which two main areas?
AAlgebra and calculus
BStatistics and logic
CGeometry and calculus
DArithmetic and geometry
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Arithmetic and geometry
1. Early mathematics studied numbers and shapes.
2. Numbers belong to arithmetic and shapes to geometry.
3. Algebra and calculus became major areas only later.
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