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4 Sep 2024 19:21:02 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Trivial trigonometry  
From: scott
Date: 24 Nov 2009 10:28:56
Message: <4b0bfbb8@news.povray.org>
> A little math help here? Wolfram Alpha is being bloody awkward at me...
>

> side is 1 mile long, and the other side is 24 cm long. What are the other 
> two angles??

Google "(24 cm / 1 mile) in degrees".

If you want more accuracy then it's going to depend on whether the 1 mile 
side is the one opposite the 90 degrees or not.

Google:

"asin(24 cm / 1 mile) in degrees"

or

"atan(24 cm / 1 mile) in degrees"


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