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Re: Spherical triangles versus plane triangles
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2025 Sep 17, 09:33 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2025 Sep 17, 09:33 -0700
Alex E., you wrote:
"This is obviously wrong."
Ha ha ha. :) I should have written "Of course, celestial navigation deals in spherical triangles instead of plane triangles, and arguably the 3:4:5 RIGHT triangle doesn't exist!"
The missing "right" was, of course, clear from context, and you knew what I meant.
Frank Reed
