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Undergraduate

Cutting a Counter

Author: Franqois Dubeau


The purpose of this article is to present an example of the usefulness of trigonometry and linear algebra to solve a practical problem. We consider the problem of cutting panels used to form an angular counter such as the one shown in Figure 1.

©1989 by COMAP, Inc.
The UMAP Journal 10.3
12 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Linear Algebra, Trigonometry

Application Areas:

Construction

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