Surveying the land. Laying out the position of the foundation of the building.
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It has many purposes for exmaple building, architecture, astronomy and engineering.
In construction, Trigonometry is used to show how stress and force are directed along supports which are not vertical or horizontal. It is alos used to find the lengths of such components of a building, as well as the angles between parts.
Trigonometry was first used by the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians. Babylonians used it primarily in their astronomical calculations and there is some debate over whether this was actually trigonometry or some other form of calculation. However, the Egyptians did use a primitive form of trigonometry while building the pyramids. A scribe known as Ahmes actually performed a trigonometric solution in his "The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus"
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