Here are the relevant quantities.
The peaks that I have data for are from left to right CC, MC,CP,SH, Tu and Am. Ignore the two lines between MC and CP.
ANGLES: The values of the angles as I measured them on the photo (peak1 to tent to peak2) are:
CC-MC: 6.9 deg. MC-CP: 22.0...
Thanks for your interest Tinyboss.
I shall post the details shortly. I need to verify the exact position of the left peak on the photo. The peak's highest point is not visible on the horizon since it is somewhat back from the edge. The line as I drew it on the photo might therefore not be...
Yes, they are all independent.
You are right. A numeric approach would let the electrons in the computer do most of the work rather than me! :-).
The actual physical problem that I am trying to solve is that 30 years ago I pitched a tent in a mountainous wilderness area. I now would...
Thank you for the info about math symbols. I am very new to PF (s days) and have not seen that link yet.
Sorry about the lack of clarity in my thread. What I am saying in the first line of my original posting is that I have four equations each of of the form:
(c1-x)^2 + (c2-y)^2 + (c3-x)^2 +...
Hi Danago,
No, they are not constants. You just need to replace the respective expressions to the right of the equal signs into A/B=c7. In other words:
(c1-x)^2 + (c2-y)^2 + (c3-x)^2 + (c4-y)^2 + c5
_______________________________________________________ = c7
SQRT{[c6 + (c1-x)^2 +...
How would one go about to solve two equations with two unknows, x and y, where the two equations are of the following form:
A/B = c7 where:
A = (c1-x)^2 + (c2-y)^2 + (c3-x)^2 + (c4-y)^2 + c5
and
B= SQRT{[c6 + (c1-x)^2 + (c2-y)^2 ][c7 + (c3-x)^2 + (c4-y)^2 ]}...
About 30 years ago (long before GPS!) we pitched our tent in a mountainous wilderness area. I took a photograph of the mountain with our tent in the foreground (attached). We now, for nostalgic reasons, would like to pitch our tent again on exactly the same spot, or at least as close to it as...