View Single Post
Old 04-19-07, 05:28 PM   #4
Bill Nichols
Master of Defense
 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,502
Downloads: 125
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by micky1up
sins in your head using clock face rule


imagine a clock

10mins past = 1/6th
15mins past -=1/4
20 past= 1/3
30 mins past easy = 1/2
40 =2/3
anything over 45 add 25 and call it a percentage

so distance of track atb 50 at 10000= 50 +25(over 45 add 25)call at percentage 75% dot =7500yds
Another (equivalent) way to estimate sines is:

sin(X degrees) = X / 60

which works surprisingly well for X < about 45 degrees.
__________________
My Dangerous Waters website:
Bill Nichols is offline   Reply With Quote