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Re: Horizontal distance off measurements
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2003 Mar 24, 14:50 -0500
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2003 Mar 24, 14:50 -0500
Doug- If I am following you, and the corrected diagram, then you've just done some basic trig conveniently allowed by angles OAC and OAB being right angles with known distances (AC and AB) attached to them. Certainly, a lucky spot for the observer to be in.