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Who introduced the Arabic numeral system to the Western world?

86. Who introduced the Arabic numeral system to the Western world?

1. Euclid
2. Pythagoras and samos
3. Leonardo Fibonacci
4. Archimedes

Answer

The correct answer is: C) Leonardo Fibonacci

Explanation

Leonardo of Pisa, often known as Fibonacci, introduced the Arabic numerical system to the Western world. Fibonacci introduced the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, which contains the digits 0 to 9, and the place value system in his work "Liber Abaci" (1202).