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    Why does LEGO call the 33 degree slope a "25 degree" slope? —Rob Ross
   This piece : (URL) called a 25 degree slope, but everyone else calls it a 33 degree slope. Why the discrepancy? Is it really 33 or 25 degrees? And if it's 33 degrees, why doesn't LEGO update the product name? If it's really 25 degrees, why doesn't (...) (17 years ago, 5-Aug-07, to lugnet.parts)
   
        Re: Why does LEGO call the 33 degree slope a "25 degree" slope? —Bram Lambrecht
   (...) It's actually 26.57 degrees. Including the lip at the end, a roof built with those parts will have a slope of 30.96 degrees. So the Lego name probably comes from approximating the slope. The community name probably comes from erroneously using (...) (17 years ago, 5-Aug-07, to lugnet.parts)
 

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