COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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Why did Pascal invent the first calculator?
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To help determine the current French population.
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To help with collecting taxes.
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To teach his children how to add and subtract.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Pascal’s invention of the mechanical calculator in the early 1640s was born out of a desire to help his father in collecting taxes. He was the second person known to have created a device of this kind. A company by the name of Schickard had manufactured a type of mechanical calculator in 1624.
Detailed explanation-2: -This was a calculating device invented in 1642. The calculator went through 50 prototypes. The calculator was publicly presented in 1645. Blaise Pascal invented the machine to help his father complete tax computations more efficiently.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Pascaline was designed and built by the French mathematician-philosopher Blaise Pascal between 1642 and 1644.
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