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How would you actually add together 1449.5 and 562.5 using only Roman numerals explaining your work in step by step details?
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Under today's rules governing the Roman numeral system 1449.5 converted into Roman numerals is considered to be MCDXLIXS which makes addition with DLXIIS (562.5) in some form of logical progression almost impossible.
However the Romans themselves would have calculated the equivalent of 1449.5 on an abacus counting board as MCCCCXXXXVIIIIS and probably simplified it to SLMD in written form which makes addition with DLXIIS quite simple as follows:-
SLMD+DLXIIS = MMXII (1500-50.5)+562.5 = 2012
Alternatively in expanded format:-
MCCCCXXXXVIIIIS+DLXIIS = MMXII (1449.5+562.5 = 2012)
Examples of simplification of Roman numerals can be found in the reference book 'History of Mathematics' volume 2 by David Eugene Smith first published in 1925 and ISBN 0486 204 308.
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