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Geometry question
2004-10-17, 2:14 PM #1
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Given a regular polygon of n sides, what formula would determine angle a in radians?
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2004-10-17, 2:32 PM #2
90 + 180/n
Stuff
2004-10-17, 2:41 PM #3
Thanks.
I'm just a little boy.
2004-10-17, 2:44 PM #4
Um, thats gonna be in degrees isn't it? Just multiply the answer you get from kyle90 by pi/180 and you should be in radians.
"Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came."
2004-10-17, 2:46 PM #5
Oh yah... I missed that part.

pi/2 + pi/n
Stuff
2004-10-17, 3:10 PM #6
That doesn't look like a regular polygon. :p
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2004-10-17, 3:19 PM #7
Quote:
Originally posted by Freelancer
That doesn't look like a regular polygon. :p


Yah, well neither does YOUR MOM!!! BURN!!!!

Oh wait..
Stuff
2004-10-17, 4:09 PM #8
Quote:
Originally posted by Flirbnic
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Given a regular polygon of n sides, what formula would determine angle a in radians?


the beautiful part about math is that it can be rendered obsolete by usingf simple household items in its place.

Why use geometry when you could just measure it with a protractor?
2004-10-17, 5:37 PM #9
Protractors aren't compatible with Java.
I'm just a little boy.
2004-10-17, 6:32 PM #10
Quote:
Originally posted by Pagewizard_YKS
the beautiful part about math is that it can be rendered obsolete by usingf simple household items in its place.

Why use geometry when you could just measure it with a protractor?


...because some people are smart.
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2004-10-17, 6:45 PM #11
Quote:
Originally posted by Tracer
...because some people are smart



...but never think of doing it the easy way. :p
2004-10-17, 6:47 PM #12
Quote:
Originally posted by Flirbnic
Protractors aren't compatible with Java.


I though it supported multiple operating systems. Guess protractors are too advanced.
2004-10-17, 7:14 PM #13
Unless you can come up with a radian protractor you would still have to do some math.
"Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came."
2004-10-17, 7:45 PM #14
Quote:
Originally posted by Bobbert006
Unless you can come up with a radian protractor you would still have to do some math.


not really. i can read upside-down, so in the picture above, I would simply turn the protractor upside down. Problem solved.

Plan B would involve printing out the shape and flipping the paper upside down.

either way, I'll be damned if I have to do math. :D
2004-10-17, 8:33 PM #15
Quote:
Originally posted by Pagewizard_YKS
not really. i can read upside-down, so in the picture above, I would simply turn the protractor upside down. Problem solved.

Plan B would involve printing out the shape and flipping the paper upside down.

either way, I'll be damned if I have to do math. :D


Um, what? Pray tell, how in the hell is that going to give you a radian measurement at all?
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2004-10-17, 8:39 PM #16
Quote:
Originally posted by Pagewizard_YKS
not really. i can read upside-down, so in the picture above, I would simply turn the protractor upside down. Problem solved.

Plan B would involve printing out the shape and flipping the paper upside down.

either way, I'll be damned if I have to do math. :D


Another awesome post, page!

...I failed calculus and I'll probably take another math course as long as I live, but I still know the difference between radians and degrees.
COUCHMAN IS BACK BABY
2004-10-17, 8:48 PM #17
Quote:
Originally posted by Freelancer
Um, what? Pray tell, how in the hell is that going to give you a radian measurement at all?


how the f*** would I know? :p

What IS a radian protracter, and what can it do to signifigantly improve my life as opposed to not having one?

Math is my achilles heel, so I've developed, refined, and nurtured a very special, very potent hatred for it over the years.
2004-10-17, 10:08 PM #18
Okay--on page's side, so what if he doesn't know anything above Alg 2, or even up to it? That's his prerogative (sp?).

Against--a radian is a way of measuring angles in terms of pi, as compared to degrees.
D E A T H
2004-10-17, 10:18 PM #19
Why do guys like us know what a Radian is? Is it essential to our survival in the hunter gatherer sense of the term? No.
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2004-10-17, 10:22 PM #20
Well there's probably a reason we don't hunt and gather then. ;)
D E A T H
2004-10-17, 10:31 PM #21
Quote:
Originally posted by Bill
Why do guys like us know what a Radian is? Is it essential to our survival in the hunter gatherer sense of the term? No.


If by hunting and gathering you mean working in a job, then it is. Not all jobs, but many in the engineering fields.
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Za twoim przewodem
Złączym się z narodem.
2004-10-17, 10:32 PM #22
That's a modified fight club quote. Just so you know. I didn't really mean it.
>>untie shoes
2004-10-17, 10:33 PM #23
Like most of life's problems, this one can be solved with bending.
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2004-10-17, 10:37 PM #24
you're all nuts...Raiden is just a cool mortal kombat character.

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