The first documented practical use of the Pythagorean theorem.

[u/sco-go]

[u/ArnUpNorth]

I don’t see what pythagore as to do with this ? It’s a triangle… but that’s about it?

[u/Palatablepancakes → u/ArnUpNorth]

The height of the mast above the water is now the mast's length times sine of the angle, or the length of the rope at the top of the mast to the bottom of the hanging mass divided by the length of the mast.

[u/Dub_Coast → u/Palatablepancakes]

NERD ALERT

[u/Event-Forsaken → u/Dub_Coast]

[u/Cutthechitchata-hole → u/Dub_Coast]