Multiple choice

Who is known as the father of modern mathematics?

  1. John Napier

  2. Isaac Newton

  3. Rene Descartes

  4. Archimedes
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Explanation

Descartes is called the father of modern mathematics because he invented Cartesian coordinates, which connected algebra and geometry. This revolutionary approach allowed geometric problems to be solved using algebraic equations and vice versa.

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