[TheForge] Math

[gladish]

Yay, Phlip!
That's the right way for most real-world stuff...unless you need to know in
advance of visiting the leaning post of piazza...
Andy G.

> > > I need to figure the amount of lean in inches, I would
> > > get on a 12 foot post that is leaning 3 degrees.
> > > Or if you know the formula for one degree I could
> > > figure the actual lean when I go on site and it really
> > > is 4.5 degrees...
>
> I'm sure this is far too simple for you students of higher math
> ;-) but why
> not just drop a plumb bob and measure the amount of lean? That
> way,, you'll
> get an accurate measurement of the amount of deflection, regardless of
> whether the post is straight or warped, and without having to rely on
> possibly-but-not-absolutely-accurate angular measurements...
>