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Thread: 10x5 Challenge

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    10x5 Challenge

    Can anyone solve this seemingly easy problem manually? NOT as easy as it appears. Or is it?


    I'm just curious to see if it can be worked manually.
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    Pretty simple problem, but we don't do homework here.
    BTW, why would you need 6 place accuracy?

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    It's part of the challenge and I have the answer (thanks to cheating with a CAD program). We are aiming for a star here.

    Can you at least give a run down of the formulas or techniques used to figure it manually? I've gotten that "it's simple" answer back before but never an explanation or shown-work as to how it is done. Trial and error works as does some CAD programs, but we looking for old-school work-it-out here.

    The first mistake people make is glancing at it quickly and incorrectly seeing X as being the hypotenuse of a simple right triangle with sides of 10 and 5. That is actually not the case.
    Last edited by V-18; 03-16-2013 at 07:00 AM.

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    BTW, this isn't technically "homework" as for a school or anything. This is a little challenge problem that I developed myself. It came about through an accident and I'm just curious to see what's involved with it. I promise you that you can search every textbook and workbook on planet Earth and you will not find that problem.

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    h^2 = x^2 + y^2, Pythagorean theorem and trigonometry. Solve for the small triangle first then one of the large triangle

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    Ok, you twisted my arm

    TAN@=(5-COS@)/(10-SIN@)

    I trust you can do the res

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    Well, did you solve it?

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