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Decimal points are an important
of life today. Some
of decimals did exist 1,000 years ago. One form was used in the Islamic
in the 900s. It is
the merchant travelled to the Middle East and learnt from
there. Intellectuals in China also used a version in the 1200s. The
earliest known
of the decimal
was in 1593. A German
used a system of decimals in his study of
.
