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History of Trig Quiz
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Ptolemy created...
All of the above
His own theorem
12 book Chord
The first trigonometric table
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Who created sines and cosines?
Babylonians
Al-Kashi
Aryabhata
Greek
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Trigonometry was founded by one person
True
False
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The word "trigonometry" comes from the roots:
trigo (triangle) and metry (to measure)
trig (triangle) and onometry (to measure)
trignon (triangle) and metron (to measure)
trignon (triennal) and metron (to measure)
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Basic trigonometric functions derive from...
Arabic
Greek
English
Latin
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What is trigonometry mainly interested in?
Circles
Spherical triangles
Spherical quadrilaterals
None of the above
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Which founder of trigonometry applied his findings to calculate zodiac movements?
Aryabhata
Al-Kashi
Hipparchus
Ptolemy
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Trigonometry began as a branch of geometry
True
False
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What did Al-Kashi help create using his discoveries?
Statue of Liberty
Eiffel Tower
Islamic Persian Mosques
None of the above
10
The French named their Law of Cosines after...
Hipparchus
Al-Kashi
Menelaus
Al-Battani
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Which group of people found the simple basics of trigonometry (BEFORE the Greeks)?
Incas
Romans
Babylonians
Egyptians
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Al-Kashi perfected trigonometry into what it is today
True
False
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What is spherical geometry about?
Arcs within circles
Angles of Depression
Points of Concurrency
Perpendicular bisectors in triangles
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Menelaus created....
First trigonometric table
Sines
His own theorem
Cosines
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What did the Babylonians use the ratios of b/1 and d/1 for?
None of the above
All of the above
To measure steepness
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