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eholk
on July 28, 2020
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How did anyone do math in Roman numerals? (2017)
I think originally Roman numerals didn't have shorthands like IV instead of IIII. In that case, to add Roman numerals, you just write the letters all together, sort them, and combine smaller digits into larger digits as necessary.
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