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Re: Here's looking at Euclid
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Tue, 1 Aug 2000 19:17:51 GMT
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Anyway, I'm assuming you know BOTH the distance between the two points (D),
AND the distance along the circumference (L)... I just did it again to be
totally geeky, without assuming knowledge of x1,y1 and x2,y2:

In the equasion:
pi*(sqrt((D^2/2)-2*(D/sqrt(2))*x))*(sin^-1(D/(2*sqrt((D^2/2)-2*(D/sqrt(2))
*x))))=90*L
solve for x... then:
Diameter = 2*sqrt((D^2/2)-2*(D/sqrt(2))*x)

DaveE



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