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davepamn

M¢25 Funded By Mahalo ? | November 08, 2009 03:50 PM

How did the Egyptians use the right triangle in their chamber tunnels?

How was the right triangle knowledge demonstrated?

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annelisle

November 09, 2009 12:37 AM

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A first hint is provided by the fact that the system of tunnels inside the pyramid have a declining angle of 26o31' 23''. This is the angle that belongs to a Pythagoras triangle with straight angle lengths 1 and 2. The length of the oblique side of such a triangle is √5; the same √5 that also forms the basis of the Golden Section proportion.
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