Whose geometric principle uses thin cross-sectional slices for volume?
AArchimedes principle
BFermat principle
CBarrow principle
DCavalieri principle
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Cavalieri principle
Cavalieri proposed that thinner cross-sectional slices produce accurate volume.
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