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[-] SpooneyOdin@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

There is a logical reason why numbers like 12, 24, and 60 are used in a lot of systems. They are highly composite numbers so they have lots of prime factors which means there are lots more options to break them into whole groups.

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