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16 Aug 2024 02:27:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Stupid math error  
From: Slime
Date: 1 Apr 2002 23:11:19
Message: <3ca92f67$1@news.povray.org>
The angle between the horizontal and the diagonal of a box with width 1 and
height .5 is

arctan(.5/1) = 26.56505117

The *sine* of 30 is 1/2. Not the tangent. If the *diagonal* had a length of
1, and the box had a height of .5, then the angle would be 30 degrees.

- Slime
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