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From: Scott Phung
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 00:00
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Hi, i'm wondering about the following:
Given the length of two parallel chords in a circle, and a distance
between them, is there a way to find the length of a middle
parallel chord, that is halfway between the first and second parallel
chord?
The tough part is that none of these chords are a diameter, so
you don't have a radius to work with.
To put it another way, let a = 1st chord, b = middle chord, and
c = end chord. so a > b > c
let's call the difference between a & c, x.
so x/2 would be the difference between a & b, and b & c.
you are given a, c, and x. Is it possible to find b?
rough diagram:
----------a-----------
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x/2
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--------b--------
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x/2
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------c------
remeber, b is contained inside the circle, as with a and c.
You can use any reasonable value for a, c, and x.
Thanks,
Scott
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