Thread: U1/2 book error?
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Old 5th July 2010, 10:22 AM
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I think you forgot to substract sin(24°) * 25 from the length to get to the oblique end. When you do, the discrepancy is just 0.88 mm:
Code:
>>> (345 - (sin(24./180*pi) * 25)) * cos(24./180*pi)
305.88387256822983
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