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Re: That darned old cocked hat
From: Hewitt Schlereth
Date: 2010 Dec 10, 21:58 -0400
From: Hewitt Schlereth
Date: 2010 Dec 10, 21:58 -0400
Thanks Herbert and Greg. It's weird how much this sounds like the old "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin," but I think I get it. Hewitt On 12/10/10, Greg Rudzinskiwrote: > Hewitt, > > A reasonable approximation of the 25/75 can be had by drawing a slightly fat > circle around the triangle. The triangle area will be about 25 percent of > the area of the circle therefor the area of the circle minus the area of the > triangle will be about 75 percent. > > Greg Rudzinski > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------