Re: Id never seen this before ... Get a piece of paper, a straight edge, something to draw a big circle... The distance to the horizon, d, which is the line tangent to the circle ... The whole thing is the Pythagorean theorem.... (rec.aviation.piloting)
Re: Finding the radius ... but the height of the colored area (which is a ... > circle with the radius of 40cm lying beneath the circle ... Solve this quadratic equation for x. ... (sci.math)
Re: plot cluster of points without knowing the coordinates. ... Is it possible to plot a cluster of points in matlab in 2D given that ... For example we have the set of points with distances:... The distance p1-p3=5 defines a circle centered at p1=of radius 5. ... Do additional points help resolve ambiguity?... (comp.graphics.algorithms)
Re: Average Distance to Circumference ... placed on a random point in the circle and immediately begins crawling ... different distances are "cancelled out" by the different distances on ... insect takes off at an angle theta to the x-axis (where theta = 0 ... If you don't know integral calculus,... (sci.math)
Re: Average Distance to Circumference ... assume we have a circle with a radius of ten meters. ... different distances are "cancelled out" by the different distances on ... is to the right, and theta increases counterclockwise). ... If you don't know integral calculus,... (sci.math)
