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Flofloflo
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I'm having trouble solving an equation. It has two variables, and both the cosine and sin of one of the variables. I just can't manage to get al the cosine and sines on one side and the velocity on the other... Maybe it's impossible or something...
Here it is:
X^2/Cos^2(a) - (2vxsin(a))/(gcos(a)) = (-2hv^2)/G
Now, X G and H are constant values, it doesn't matter where they stand. I've been trying for quite some time, and rewrote it in dozens of ways but I just can't separate V from a
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thornahawk
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Flofloflo wrote: I'm having trouble solving an equation. It has two variables, and both the cosine and sin of one of the variables. I just can't manage to get all the cosine and sines on one side and the velocity on the other... Maybe it's impossible or something...
Here it is:
X^2/Cos^2(a) - (2vxsin(a))/(gcos(a)) = (-2hv^2)/G
Now, X G and H are constant values, it doesn't matter where they stand. I've been trying for quite some time, and rewrote it in dozens of ways but I just can't separate V from a
Can anybody help me??
OK... you may have to ensure that your capitalization is correct-are x and X, as well as g and G different here?
As it stands, we can simplify some of it:
X² sec²(a) - (2vx/g)tan(a) = -2hv²/G
It's not too much trouble to solve for the variables in this equation... except for a. As a transcendental equation in the variable a, it is not amenable to closed-form solutions. For the other variables, the worst you'd have to do is to use the quadratic equation. :)
thornahawk
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Flofloflo
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Oops, I'm sorry, I allready solved this one by now, it's just the whole thing was really messy so I didn't figure it all out, but basically I found my formula and all ...
but at least it's good to now I can't possibly solve a That allways annoys me in goniometrics -.- |
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