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> You are not measuring the same angle.
Grrr. I suspected something like this, but for some reason I just couldn't
"see" it. Thanks for that - I really needed a fresh set of eyes connected to a
sharp mind to point me in the right direction.
> You have the length hypothenuse, you have the length of the small side,
> it is obvious to compute the length of the third side with Pythagore.
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> ( H^2 = S^2 + L^2, hence L = sqrt( H^2 - S^2 ), no problem)
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> You noticed the subtraction, right ?
No, no I didn't. Between all the different software packages and languages and
coordinate systems I use, it's wonder sometimes I can walk in a straight line to
the coffee pot when I get out of my chair.
Thanks again, friend!
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