A alan2525 Well-Known Member Joined Apr 14, 2008 Messages 89 Reaction score 0 Jun 15, 2008 #1 A picture paints 1000 words: I'm turning some ball ended handrail brackets and need to work out the value of "z" where "x" and "y" are known dimensions! What would be the formula for working it out? :-\
A picture paints 1000 words: I'm turning some ball ended handrail brackets and need to work out the value of "z" where "x" and "y" are known dimensions! What would be the formula for working it out? :-\
mklotz Well-Known Member Joined Aug 29, 2007 Messages 3,047 Reaction score 27 Location LA, CA, USA Jun 15, 2008 #2 Let: r = x/2 Then: z = r + sqrt[r^2 - (y/2)^2]