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    Re: Another surveying problem
    From: Lars Bergman
    Date: 2021 Mar 3, 14:31 -0800

    A very nice solution Robert!

    You eliminate all distances and ends up with

    cot(x) = sin(BDC)·sin(ACB)·csc(BCD)·csc(ADB)·csc(CAD) - cot(CAD)

    After finding the angles, with logs I make it in 10 lines with only one subtraction log. Brilliant!

    Lars

       
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