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Question
Who developed the method of finding prime numbers by eliminating composite numbers from a list?
Options
Pythagoras
Archimedes
Eratosthenes
Euclid
MCQ
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Solution
Eratosthenes
Explanation:
Eratosthenes, a Greek mathematician in the third century B.C., developed this method for identifying prime numbers by systematically crossing out multiples.
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