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Re: Math.. I'm making my head hurt...
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lugnet.cad
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Sun, 4 Feb 2001 23:57:20 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> angle = arctan(rise / run)
> Thus, a rise/run of 1/2 has a slope of 26.5650511771 degrees.
But the aspect ratio of a brick is 6:5 (height:width), not 1:1. Plus,
there's the vertical base. So if you're measuring a single brick, you'll
get one angle for the face itself, and if your're measuring a bunch of
bricks, you'll get another angle for the overall slope.
--Todd
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