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I never was good at geometry. Someone would ask me to find an angle, all I could do was point at a crooked line and say, "There it is."
So here is the question: Side "A" is 6 inches long, Hypotnuese is 29.5 inches long, Side B is 29 inches long. What the hell is my angle? Attachment 23958 TIA! |
I was very good at geometry. But that was 50 years ago.:leaving:
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sine of small angle = 6/29.5 = 0.23389 so angle = 11.74 degrees. |
sin(a) = 6/29.5
a = 11.73 degrees The other angle is 90-11.73 = 78.27 degrees |
To work it out just using the two sides (not the hypotenuse) then it would be:
tan(a) = y/x = 6/29 a = arctan(6/29) = 11.69 degrees I'm thinking this is really your angle since there's no way your hypotenuse is 29.5 with the other two sides being 29 and 6 respectively. There's a measurement error there. I mean, it's probably very close to 29.5, but if the other two sides are precisely 29 and 6 respectively, the hypotenuse is actually: sqrt(6^2 + 29^2) = 29.61 inches. |
if you don't have a calculator handy, you can also solve this on the slide rule, using the C and D scales to find 6/29.5 = 0.203, and then flipping it over to read the angle off the S scale = 11.74 degrees.
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And children, always remember, all you need to totally know everything about a right triangle is, other than it's a right triangle, is two more pieces of information. The length of any two sides, or a side length and an angle. That's it!
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Right Scalene Triangle Side a = 6 Side b = 28.88339 Side c = 29.5 Angle ∠A = 11.735° = 11°44'7" = 0.20482 rad Angle ∠B = 78.265° = 78°15'53" = 1.36598 rad Angle ∠C = 90° = 1.5708 rad = π/2 With side "a" at 6" long and side "b" at 29" long, angle "A" is 11.689° Right Scalene Triangle Side a = 6 Side b = 29 Side c = 29.61419 Angle ∠A = 11.689° = 11°41'22" = 0.20402 rad Angle ∠B = 78.311° = 78°18'38" = 1.36678 rad Angle ∠C = 90° = 1.5708 rad = π/2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I used this on line calculator to copy the info for pasting https://www.calculator.net/triangle-calculator.html I also used my machinist calculator and came up with the same values. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Calculated-...frcectupt=true Now if I was making this part for you, you would have gotten a phone call or an email asking which values to use. :toetap: |
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I often make use of hypotenuse while squaring construction. I don't know what the hell it is but I use it somehow.
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