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A few new questions
From: Guy Schwartz
Date: 2006 May 12, 20:52 -0700
From: Guy Schwartz
Date: 2006 May 12, 20:52 -0700
If I'm standing on the bow of my boat on a bay and the height of my eye is
10 feet, how far from where I'm
standing will I need to look out to in order to have a proper
horizon?
When using the Casio fx 260 calculator and converting the angle 58 deg 41
min 18 sec to sin
it gives me .854353027. In excel if I take 58 + 41/60 + 18/3600 and
sum that it is
| 58.68833333333 |
Using the sin function on that sum I get
| 0.84251063010 |
Why the difference?
Does anyone know of a desktop version (adult size version) of the Casio fx
260 or equivalent calculator?
I like the sexagesimal functions and would like larger input
keys
Thanks in advance for your help.
