Given x, y, and d, what is theta?

Jul 17, 2018 11:47 AM

Aikiro42

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7 years ago (deleted Jul 17, 2018 12:54 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

X

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nothing, whats a theta with you?

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Are those 2 vertical lines parallel

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yes

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From the BR gaming tags, I think he wants to know how to call out an angle for ally, knowing his own angles to enemy and distance to ally

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because battle royale

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oh hey taney actually commented hahaha nvm this

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Just top of my head, but if you and ally both traveling parallel and Y is greater than 45*, you know the enemy is at least closer to you...

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If Y is 45*, then of course you know theta is 45* (because both angles add up to 90*).

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Okay, so just following that thought, then wouldn’t (Ø=90°-Y), and therefore (X=Ø)? As Y increases, so should X decrease (X+Y=90°)...

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Meh, just realized that’s all probably wrong so...

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Doesn’t seem like you have enough info to solve for ø, you only know Angle/Side of the triangle, so you cannot solve for the other parts..

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Not enough info. Imagine enemy runs along the line between you and his current position. That'll change theta but not x, y, or d

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If you know your own distance M to the enemy, then theta is arctan((d cos(y-90)-M sin(x))/(d sin(y-90) + M cos(x)))

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Assuming the angles are measured in degrees

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To see this, mark P on the vertical line through You so You-P-Enemy is a right angle, and let Q be on the same line so You-Q-Ally is right

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The segment from You to P has length M cos(x), and the segment from P to enemy has length M sin(x)

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The angle You-Ally-Q has measure y-90, so segment You-Q has length d sin(y-90) and segment Q-ally has length d cos(y-90)

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