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* YBC (Yale Babylonian Collection)7289 * * YBC (Yale Babylonian Collection)7289 The square of YBC 7289 is inscribed with sexagesimal 30 along one edge. It then has sexagesimal 1; 24, 51, 10 along the diagonal, and 42; 25, 35 in the lower segment of the square. The first sexagesimal string converts to the √2: 1 + 24/60 + 51/3600 + 10/216,000 = 1.414212963. The actual value of the √2 to the same modern calculator precision is 1.414213562. 30*1.414212963=4242+25/60+35/3600( 42; 25, 35) * * The square of YBC 7289 is inscribed with sexagesimal 30 along one edge. It then has sexagesimal