[Shop-talk] math wizards ??? come here

[Opposumking]

You don't have the hypotenuse of the smaller triangle because you don't know 
where the cylinder pin is located on the lift arm.

That's why I said a bit more information is needed to do the trig and get a 
correct answer.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roland Wilhelmy" <rwil at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Shop-Talk List" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] math wizards ??? come here


> use a sine function, not a tangent, since you have the hypotenuse and
> the side opposite the angle given.
> side note:  tan and  sine of relatively small angles are just about
> the same number since tan = sin/cos and cos of small angles is close
> to 1.0
>
> -Roland