Why were Egyptian geometers so skilled and well-known?
a. They included geometry in their worship rituals to please the Divine.
b. They needed geometry to calculate the trajectory of projectiles for war conflicts.
c. They believed geometric proofs convey magical properties when inscribed on objects.
d. They perfected their geometric skills in order to be able to redraw property markers that were destroyed each year by the Nile.
D
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A. Fly out of LA at 5 p.m. PST and get into Boston at 2 a.m. EST for an 8 a.m. meeting with the dean the same day. B. Fly out of LA at 7 a.m. PST and get into Boston at 4 p.m. EST for an 8 a.m. meeting with the dean the next day. C. Fly out of LA at 7 a.m. PST and get into Boston at 4 p.m. EST for a 1 p.m. meeting with the dean the next day. D. Fly out of LA at 11 p.m. PST and get into Boston at 4 a.m. EST for a 3 p.m. meeting with the dean the same day.