Which characteristic of early Islamic al-jabr methods enabled complex land distribution calculations?

💡 Explanation

When solving for inheritance disputes regarding land, al-jabr's symbolic notation facilitates complex manipulations because it allows abstract representations that capture relationships between unknown land portions. Therefore its abstraction capability resulted, allowing calculations rather than geometric visualisation, numerical tables, or mechanical devices alone.

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