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To: InterceptPoint
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Note that sides a and b are reversed in the example I posted earlier, but it of course makes no difference. Hypotenuse x=c

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53 posted on 10/23/2017 6:48:08 AM PDT by ETL (See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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To: ETL
Oh, now I remember. This was all thought up by that Pathos guy (or something like that - I’m sure you know who I mean but some Freepers might not). He was a Greek from way back. 😉
73 posted on 10/23/2017 7:17:34 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time)
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Or, do it with trig:
c=b/(sin(arctan b/a))


107 posted on 10/23/2017 12:59:37 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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