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Which mathematician is credited with inventing the classic slide rule?
A
John Napier
B
William Oughtred
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C
Gottfried Leibnitz
D
Blaise Pascal
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A
John Napier
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B
William Oughtred
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C
Gottfried Leibnitz
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D
Blaise Pascal
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Explanation
William Oughtred invented the slide rule, extending Napier’s work on logarithms.
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