Maths wizz only thanks

HI,

I have the angle in degrees ( like 22,45,67,75), I also have the length of 100 for the bottom black line.


How do I calculate the LENGTH of X (ie dotted red line)

I forgotten SIN, COS, TAN..

Please advise...thanks

 

Remember the rhyme about the indian princess named soh-cah-toa.

sin = opposite over hypotenuse (sin->soh)
cah = adjacent over hypotenuse (cos->cah)
toa = oppositive over adjacent (tan->toa)


Calculators do it in radians and not degrees, usually; make sure you convert from rad to deg, or deg to rad for the values.

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/geo/stri.html

 

Tan(67) = X/100

100 * Tan(67) = X

 

Just curious. Why would this thread be in the Trading forum?

 

Writing code for a super dooper angle thingy me gig

 

Ok its NOT working..

Tan(67) = X/100

100 * Tan(67) = X


I assume I convert the 67 to redians like


Angle = 67 / 180 * Math.PI

 

Is it by any chance chart related? As in the angle of price action? (I hope not.)

 

NOPE pixels, but it is on chart, I converted to pixels

100 is pixels

 

Why convert to radians? Just make sure whatever you are using to calculate the tangent is in degrees. Either way it will be the same answer. It would be (67 * Pi) / 180 if you are trying to convert to radians.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Tangent.html