Which surveying inaccuracy increased when medieval Islamic engineers misapplied al-Khwarizmi's algebra?

💡 Explanation

Triangulation involved algebraic reduction; approximation errors caused CHAIN DRIFT because iterative angle propagation introduced accumulating offsets; therefore systematic displacement increased rather than local angle distortion, because geodetic measurements relied upon successive calculations.

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