• m0darn@lemmy.ca
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    29 days ago

    I look at your diagram and see:

    ϴ= L/(L+R)
    

    And

    2π-ϴ = L/R
    

    I solved those and got

    L= π-1 ± √(1+π²) ~= 5.44 or -1.16
    

    Whether or not a negative length is meaningful in this context is an exercise left to the reader

    Giving (for L=5.44):

    ϴ~= 0.845 ~~48.4° 
    

    I’m surprised that it solved to a single number, maybe I made a mistake.

    • UrLogicFails@beehaw.org
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      29 days ago

      That lines up pretty similarly with what I found also. The angle should be a constant since there is only one angle where the relationship would be true. I just left it in terms of π because I try to avoid rounding.

      Having said that, L would be a ratio of r; which I think lines up with what you found as well.