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The division is interesting! (the subtraction with complement to 9 is also interesting)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlGbblf8deg
It would take me a while to use a comptometer.
(01-14-2023 06:40 PM)Eddie W. Shore Wrote: [ -> ]It would take me a while to use a comptometer.

Comptometer, it’s worth the wait!
This was a portable handheld from the era when "men were men". Think of the speed. Theoretically you could calculate PI to 100 decimal places in a single lifetime.
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