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Re: numerical computation contest

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Originally Posted by Christopher149 View Post
Is this close?

h = (in ft)
44.49845501910079925455416001673359894996896435222 95612116880595546581686999560519753347236106529250 14422691969000110577445163659978002373921158891281 96107912233956035279094688973264141285038352833979 92808923081071616667853526325563707812597289771290 34979416624799668990733212350734392869697893501318 89111943559177977405431271912121416410363234025409 52753032492871047810149624788135594125012352228840 06058879524106347465534347539833791041297948729285 69084156937833895515653679687331260207084213606326 0
The arc is only one foot longer than the chord. How could the answer possibly be larger than one?

EDIT: Anyway, here is my work. SPOILERS!
/http://i.imgur.com/2IYR8.png

So my guess is zero. It's not exact, but close.

Last edited by AGPapa : 14-12-2012 at 16:37.