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← HistoryWhich objective drove the development of trigonometric understanding and early algebra during astronomy's Golden Age?
A)Predicting celestial body positions accurately✓
B)Improving cartographic projection techniques
C)Minimizing parallax error telescopic observations
D)Standardizing calendrical agricultural planting guides
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Accurate position prediction motivated algebraic & trigonometric innovation during Islamic astronomy involving parallax: Because of increased scrutiny of geocentric cosmological models. Increased number crunching, therefore, required new mathematical development, rather than relying upon pre-existing geometric methods.
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