Trigonometry lets a student find the height of the Qutub Minar without:
ASeeing it
BNaming it
CVisiting it
DMeasuring it
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Measuring it
1. Looking at the top of the Minar forms a right triangle.
2. Its angles and one distance give the height.
3. So the height is found without measuring it directly.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 8, Introduction to Trigonometry._
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