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trig question #945 05/24/04 02:33 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,124 Keene,Ontario, Canada M Mark Davidson Member
Mark Davidson Member M Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,124 Keene,Ontario, Canada	i'm looking for the length of the short side of a triangle... the hypotenuse is 16'(192") the angles in the triangle are 90, 67.5 and 22.5 i've looked through my limited supply of math books and i thought the math types on the forum would be able to crack this one... thanks -Mark in Ontario.

Re: trig question #946 05/24/04 02:48 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 24 SUNY Alfred State College L Leon Buckwalter Member
Leon Buckwalter Member L Joined: May 2002 Posts: 24 SUNY Alfred State College	Hi Mark, I don't claim to be the math wiz on the forum, but when I scraped the rust off the old scientific calculator, I saw 73.475". Can anyone confirm or refute? Good luck, Leon

Re: trig question #947 05/24/04 03:24 PM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 79 Albany, New York area J Joel Member
Joel Member J Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 79 Albany, New York area	I won't say how far back in thime I had to go to figure this out! Anyway, I agree with 73.475" (sine (22.5) x 192) Joel

Re: trig question #948 05/24/04 03:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 40 Czech Republic M Michal Zajic Member
Michal Zajic Member M Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 40 Czech Republic	Yes, it is 6'-1 1/2" (73.475") Michal Mr. Michal Zajic Timber Frame Design http://www.tfdesign.cz

Re: trig question #949 05/24/04 03:51 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,124 Keene,Ontario, Canada M Mark Davidson Member
Mark Davidson Member M Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,124 Keene,Ontario, Canada	wow that was fast thanks again -M.

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