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Base 60 (sexagesimal) – Numberphile

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Why do we have 60 seconds to a minute and 60 minutes to an hour?Why do we have 360° in a circle? Finding this out was awesoman. Of course, I thought!And why do we use base 10? Because it's easy, I thought. Nope, it's more obvious than that. [embedded content]

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Why do we have 60 seconds to a minute and 60 minutes to an hour?

Why do we have 360° in a circle? Finding this out was awesoman. Of course, I thought!

And why do we use base 10? Because it's easy, I thought. Nope, it's more obvious than that.

Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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