document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=971852>Question 971852</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello Tutor, I really need your help to answer this question please. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One of the largest issues in ancient mathematics was accuracy--nobody had calculators that went out ten decimal places, and accuracy generally got worse as the numbers got larger. Why did trigonometry allow for some questions to be answered very accurately, even if the numbers involved were very large? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #594269 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=594269\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> After they had the Pythagorean theorem,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they knew that things like the 3-4-5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "right triangle existed, because<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That means they then knew all the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "trig functions of the angles, like<BR>\n" );
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