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How Was Math Used In Building The Great Pyramid
Date Submitted: 11/03/2004 11:40:47
Abstract
The Egyptians have had many great wonders. One of these wonders are pyramids. Because this was an ancient wonder, many people believe that the Egyptians didn't use any math but only used logic and reason to build pyramids. If this is true, then how did they build the Great Pyramid? They used simple math to make such a great pyramid. They used the Pythagorean Theorem, trigonometry and simple algebra. They also measured the angle
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had learned a great deal of advanced math by
the time of Khufu. Egyptians taught from basic math like adding and
subtracting to more advanced math like algebra and geometry. All these
mathematical concepts were used to build the pyramids. As you can see that
the great pyramid was not only a wonder in the sense that it was huge, but
also in the sense of the entire math that was involved in building it.
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