In 1672, a French philosopher and mathematician designed and built one of the first mechanical calculators named the ____ that could do addition and subtraction.
A) Pascaline
B) Leibniz Wheel
C) abacus
D) TI-85

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The Pascaline was one of the first mechanical calculators built in 1672 by French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. It was capable of performing addition and subtraction. The Leibniz Wheel was invented by German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and was a more advanced version of the Pascaline. The abacus is an ancient counting device, and the TI-85 is a modern graphing calculator that was not invented until the late 20th century.

In 1672, a French Philosopher and Mathematician Designed and Built