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# x is about 5' 7.25'
Y is then about 9' 8'
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Mon 8 Dec 2008, 6:02, archived)
# ta :)
(I helped save b3ta! hanke murphy, I'm a mess, Mon 8 Dec 2008, 6:02, archived)
# ^this
because i got my angle slightly wrong mine is more like 57 or something... anyway it proves his calculations are correct. and mine are the wrongest
(I helped save b3ta! Jamnog Sardines in her eyebrows, lobsters up and down, Mon 8 Dec 2008, 7:03, archived)
# I just did this
(x = 8 / tan 55, or x = 8 * tan 35) and got the same answer as kebab, who is a MATHEMOTISHUM. We can share the Nobel Prize.
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Mon 8 Dec 2008, 8:08, archived)
# mathematicians are not allowed the award of a nobel prize, by decree of nobel himself
if you're under 40 we may get a feilds medal...
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Mon 8 Dec 2008, 8:19, archived)
# I'm a chemist.
THE NOBEL IS ALL MINE! AHAHAHAHA!
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Mon 8 Dec 2008, 8:40, archived)
# teh codez
$ cat >1.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#define PI 3.1415926
int main(void)
{
 double theta = (35.0 / 180) * PI;
 double X = 8 * tan(theta);
 int Xft = floor(X);
 double Xin = (X - Xft) * 12;
 printf("X = %f feet, or %d feet %f inches\n", X, Xft, Xin);
 return 0;
}
$ gcc 1.c
$ ./a.out
X = 5.601660 feet, or 5 feet 7.219922 inches
$
(I helped save b3ta! Bee Nice |-|, Mon 8 Dec 2008, 10:55, archived)