> 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.
>
> ( H^2 = S^2 + L^2, hence L = sqrt( H^2 - S^2 ), no problem)
>
> 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!

Post a reply to this message