Which limitation constrained practical solutions derived from Al-Khwarizmi's quadratic equations in land surveying?

💡 Explanation

When quadratic equations yielded both positive and negative roots, only positive solutions were typically considered because negative lengths aren't physically meaningful in surveying, hindering applying complete algebraic reasoning. This therefore led to limited practical application, rather than imprecision (A), notational constraints (B), or omitted algebraic formulation (C) which are inaccurate historically.

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