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Re: Here's looking at Euclid
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 3 Aug 2000 12:09:38 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Eaton writes:
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> > > 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).
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> 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!
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> 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?
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> Dave!
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 of the circle: 82.09377223816
DaveE
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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