Geometry questions (Angles and triangles)

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3 comments, last by TravisWells 21 years, 9 months ago
I''ve got two geometry questions, I''ve searched all my geometry books and havn''t found anything that helps. My first problem is this: In this, I know A & B, and I can compute C (With the Pythagorean theorem ). I know that it is a right angle triangle, but I can''t figure out how to figure out the angles. (I need an equation I can convert into code) My second problem: I''ve got two points on a plane, and I need to find the angle of the A point in relation to the Y axis. I can find the slope of the line, but I don''t know how to convert this into degrees (Or radians)
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I may have found the answer to 1, would this work?
d=arctan(b/a)
Now that I look at it, the second problem is the same as the first!

If the Arc Tangent works for the first, I should be able to apply it to the second.

Heh, solved my own problem. Sorry to waste space
1. Angle AC is arctan( b / a ). Angle BC is arctan( a / b ).

2. The angle is arctan( (b.x - a.x) / (b.y - a.y) ).

Edit: seems I was a bit too slow

[edited by - Martee on June 28, 2002 9:53:27 PM]
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