SOLUTION: I'm a toymaker. I'm building a toy castle.The watchtower is an octagon. The roof of the tower is made of 8 triangular pieces. The slope of the roof should be 45°. I'm trying to cal
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Question 579455: I'm a toymaker. I'm building a toy castle.The watchtower is an octagon. The roof of the tower is made of 8 triangular pieces. The slope of the roof should be 45°. I'm trying to calculate the corners on wich to cut each part of the roof so they fit perfectly. I came up with the following formula but have no way to check it:(((180-(360/Z))/90)*H)/2
In this formula Z refers to the number of sides and H to the slope of the roof, calculated from a vertical view. English is not my native language, so I hope you can understand wat I want. Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The way I read your formula, for H=45 and Z=8, we would get
but I got a different result.
This is the way I calculate it for a 45 degree slope.
View from the top
and
View from the side roof piece
The measure of the angles at the bottom of the roof pieces should be because .
The other angle would measure .
However, maybe it is easier to make the height of the triangle times (about 1.707 times) the length of the base.