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pprob1 Regular 72-gon Geometry

Level: high school geometry after regular rolygons and elementary trigonometry or review Regular n-gon Geometry

triangles in a 72-gon







pprob2 Regular n-gon Geometry

Level: high school geometry after regular rolygons and elementary trigonometry or work another example a regular 72-gon geometry problem.

triangles in a 72-gon








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The Equation for the Planetarium Hyperbola is not a function.
To split this Hyperbola into branches which are functions gives: Top Branch Of Hyperbla

and Bottom Branch Of Hyperbla

The derivatives are respectively: Derivative Of Top Branch Of Hyperbla

and Derivative Of Bottom Branch Of Hyperbla

The second derivatives are respectively: Second Derivative: - For Top Branch Of Hyperbla

Both first and second derivatives are needed to find the curvature and radius of curvature along the Hyperbola. At (30.5, 0) the curvature is near 0.12860516107 and radius of a circle tangent to the vertex on the right is near 7.77573770491 feet. So a circle tangent to the vertex of this hyperbola would have an equation near:

( x + 38.27574 )2 + y2 = 60.46210

Where and when would you stand to see the moon fit this geometry if it could happen?

Turn your printer to portrait to print these definite integrals.

Sky Dome Rotation for volume by the shell method (hemisphere) sky dome volume by shell method




Sky Dome Rotation for volume by the disk method (hemisphere) sky dome volume by disk method
simplifyed equals
sky dome volume by disk method




Sky Chamber Rotation for volume by the disk method (cylinder) sky chamber volume by disk method




Indoor Hyperbola Rotation for volume by the disk method hyperboloid volume by disk method
simplified equals
hyperboloid volume by disk method




Hyperbola Rotation for volume by the disk method hyperboloid volume by disk method
simplified equals
hyperboloid volume by disk method




Hyperbola Rotation For Surface Area
Circumference Times Arc Length surface area
simplified equals
surface area



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