Question

The symbol a "is proportional to" was first used in______by William Emerson
A. 1678
B. 1876
C. 1786
D. 1768​

Answer 1

Answer:1768

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Answer 2

The symbol for a "is proportional to" was first used in 1768 by William Emerson.

• William Emerson was an English mathematician who took birth on 14 May, 1701 and died on 20 May, 1782.
• Some of his works are: The doctrine of Fluxions (1748), The Projection of the Sphere, Orthographic, Stereographic and Gnomical (1749), The elements of Trigonometry (1749) and many more.
• The symbol a is used to denote proportionality between two things.