alleryWhich ancient record studied the volume of a frustum of a pyramid?
AEuclid's Book XI
BPlato's Timaeus
CKepler's records
DMoscow Papyrus
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Moscow Papyrus
1. Ancient Egypt's four-sided pyramids led to the study of pyramid volumes.
2. The Moscow Mathematical Papyrus includes calculating the volume of a frustum.
3. Plato and Euclid are linked to Platonic solids, not to this papyrus problem.
_Source: Wikipedia, Polyhedron, lead section_
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