Question

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Select the correct answer.
Why did ancient Egyptians initially use mathematics?
A.
to distribute food among different clvilians
B.
to count the civilian population in each village
O c.
to collect taxes from farmers and tradespeople
O D.
to plan their annual agricultural activities

Answer 1

The correct answer is O D.

Step-by-step explanation:

They used Mathematics to plan their annual agricultural activities, such as counting how many people per one activity.

Answer 2

Correct answer is D. to plan their annual agricultural activities.

Step-by-step explanation:

D is the only correct option because they had to plan their crops rotations and as they were trading a lot with the outsiders and had to create a plan how this will function.

All other options are not correct as at the beginning none of these options were the reason why they used mathematics initially.