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| In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Rafe Donahue wrote: <snip> (...) I guess this is where pythagoras will factor in--I want the number of points to be the same as the length of the initial line (from random (x,y) to (0,0))--if the line is 17 units long, (...) (18 years ago, 23-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Rafe Donahue wrote: <snip> (...) actually, that helps quite a bit! I thought I'd have to get pythagoras in the equatinos somehow, but htis is much easier! Much appreciated! (...) It'll be a wide range of starting points, (...) (18 years ago, 23-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) The points on the line take the form y = mx + b, where b is the intercept with the y-axis and m is the slope. For the problem as you describe it, b is 0 since the line crosses the y-axis at zero, and m = 1.5 or 15/10 since the slope is the (...) (18 years ago, 23-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | | | some 'puter/math help please
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| here's the scenario as best I can describe-- x and y co-ordinates line segment starts at (0,0), goes out to whatever--let's say (10,15) I want to make a dot follow the line segment from (10,15) down to (0,0) So the dot startes at (10,15), then moves (...) (18 years ago, 23-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | | | My geekiness continues...
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| In my ongoing quest to get all the sets I *wish* I had when I was a wee one... (Thankfully Jake found those space shuttles a few years back--that's still my personal fav. and i'm still very thankful I got one of those....) A few months back I got (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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