Hey guys,
I had a question, not really a homework assignment but more of a just wondering question. Please look at my photo of the drawing that I drew to scale on graph paper. So my question is if you have a laser that is lets say 50 units from the plane, and you move it exactly 10 degrees (i chose 10 just for the **** of it) is there any way to calculate the distance the laser moves on the plane. I know that the distance between the laser and the plane increases,which increases the distance on the plane, however I was wondering if there is any formula or percentage that you can calculate the distance of space being used with a set increment of degrees. I tried measuring the distance out in mm as close as I could and could not recognize any pattern or set fractions.
Please look at my drawing, thanks again everyone and happy Friday
I had a question, not really a homework assignment but more of a just wondering question. Please look at my photo of the drawing that I drew to scale on graph paper. So my question is if you have a laser that is lets say 50 units from the plane, and you move it exactly 10 degrees (i chose 10 just for the **** of it) is there any way to calculate the distance the laser moves on the plane. I know that the distance between the laser and the plane increases,which increases the distance on the plane, however I was wondering if there is any formula or percentage that you can calculate the distance of space being used with a set increment of degrees. I tried measuring the distance out in mm as close as I could and could not recognize any pattern or set fractions.