This is a question that a teacher has asked me
2007-01-07 07:46:42 · 3 answers · asked by Bill 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The answer your teacher wants to hear is, "Through geometrical proportions".
Imagine 2 right triangles, that look exactly alike except that one is very big, the other small. Let's say both start at the same spot. The very big triangle reaches to the top of the pyramid, the very small is something you have in your hands. You stand at a spot away from the pyramid in such a way that you can align the hypotenuses of both of them, which is to sight the top of the pyramid along the long side of your small triangle. You need to make sure that the bottom of the small triangle is level (use a level bubble). If you know the ratio of the sides of the triangles, like 1 to 1 (for a 45 degree angle triangle), then the distance to the pyramid (at its base center) from where you are is the height of it. You only need the small triangle in your hand to do this, the other big one is just something you draw up on a piece of paper to understand how this works.
2007-01-07 07:56:40 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They just counted how many stones on top of each other.
Then they checked it up with a laser theodolite!
2007-01-07 08:05:19 · answer #2 · answered by PragmaticAlien 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no evidence that they did. Nor would they need to, in order to build one.
2007-01-07 10:03:50 · answer #3 · answered by Keith P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋