alleryWhich mathematician used the trigonometric functions sine and versine in the late 5th century?
ABhaskara II
BAryabhata
CVarahamihira
DBrahmagupta
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Aryabhata
1. Sine and versine were used in the late 5th century.
2. The mathematician was Aryabhata.
3. Bhaskara II lived in the 12th century and Madhava and Narayana were later still.
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