What did Archimedes request to be placed on his tomb?
Sphere and cylinder
Pyramid and cone
Cube and octahedron
Circle and triangle
Answer
Archimedes requested that a sphere and a cylinder be placed on his tomb to represent his mathematical discoveries. This choice symbolized his work on the surface area and volume of a sphere and the relationship between a sphere and a circumscribed cylinder.
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