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High School How Do You Divide a Dome into Equal Pie-Shaped Sections for a Mural?
Thank you AlephaZero. This is what I was looking for! OOOO's- fauxtex
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High School How Do You Divide a Dome into Equal Pie-Shaped Sections for a Mural?
I appreciate your help StatusX but I'm not following you. Suppose you have a paper dome. If you were to cut the dome so as to lay it flat, Say slicing it like the top half of an orange, into 8 sections, they would spread out and lay flat. The tops would come to a point then the sections would...- fauxtex
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High School How Do You Divide a Dome into Equal Pie-Shaped Sections for a Mural?
Ok, Maybe I'm not wording it correctly. Let's say it is a 14' diameter round pool and it slopes to 2' deep in the center. I would like to divide it into 8 equal size and shaped pieces. (Starting in the center and cutting out to the edge similar to a pie, I know they won't have straight...- fauxtex
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High School How Do You Divide a Dome into Equal Pie-Shaped Sections for a Mural?
I do believe that I can lay a flat piece of paper on it but it has to be cut into a shape that has curved sides. Kind of like a top of a globe flattened out or a flat map of the world that has equal longitude lines with curved sides. (I'm talking about the world maps that look cut up into...- fauxtex
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High School How Do You Divide a Dome into Equal Pie-Shaped Sections for a Mural?
I am an artist, I know a little about math but apparently not enough and I need some help. I am painting a mural on a domed ceiling. The dome is circular, it is 14' in diameter and gradually goes up to 2' high in the center. I need to "cut" this dome into 6 or 8 equal "pie" shapes in order to...- fauxtex
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