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Re: Here's looking at Euclid
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Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:50:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Eaton writes:
> > I have the coordinates of the points, so am I correct in thinking I can
> > calculate X?
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> Nope... again, not unless you know something else (like how many verticies
> there are in between the two points).
D'oh! I should have specified that the two points are vertices of a single
side of the octagon; I'm sure of that much!
Am I on the right track here? Assuming that the side of the inscribed
octagon is 10 units long, I'm calculating the circumference to be about
82.06. Close?
Dave!
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| (...) I'd say so :) Knowing that they're two verticies side by side helps! By my calculations I get: if length of a single side of the inscribed octagon is 10: Radius of the circle: 13.06562964876 Diameter of the circle: 26.13125929753 Circumference (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Nope... again, not unless you know something else (like how many verticies there are in between the two points). You could probably come up with a good guestimate, though, since there would only be 4 possible values for X, all of which you (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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