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5 multiple choice 1 point who was off by less than 1% in calculating th…

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5 multiple choice 1 point who was off by less than 1% in calculating the circumference of earth? hipparchus ptolemy aristarchus of samos erastothenes

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Eratosthenes used the angle of the sun at two locations (Alexandria and Syene) to calculate Earth's circumference. His estimate was within less than 1% of the modern accepted value, while the other listed figures either focused on other astronomical measurements or had less accurate circumference calculations.

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Erastothenes