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Arabic numerals became the most commonly used number system
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The understanding of zero as both a value and a placeholder made for reliable and consistent notation.Of course, it's possible to use any ten symbols to represent the numerals zero through nine.For a long time, the glyphs varied regionally.Most scholars agree that our current digits evolved from those used in the North African Maghreb region of the Arab Empire.And by the 15th century, what we now know as the Hindu-Arabic numeral system had replaced Roman numerals in everyday life to become the most commonly used number system in the world.So why did the Hindu-Arabic system,along with so many others,use base ten?
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