File:Similar triangles for cone.svg

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English: This is an image of an isosceles triangle of height h, inside is drawn the perpendicular to the base two form a right triangle whose base is labeled R. Inside this right triangle at height x a line parallel to the base is drawn to create a similar right triangle of height h-x and base r.
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Created to describe how to fine the radius of a circle created by the cross section at height x of a right circular cone whose height is h and base has radius r.

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18 February 2009

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current09:05, 22 February 2009Thumbnail for version as of 09:05, 22 February 2009161 × 170 (37 KB)Thenub314Making braces the correct size in latex directly, to minimize scaling. Scaling can make line withs vary a lot and was a bit distracting.

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