6'

8
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Problem No. 284 Solution
Q
A
B
C
R
m
m
V
U
N
M
L
4
X
Y
L cos m - 6
L sin m - 8
Problem Corner | Solution 284 | by Dave Lindell, LS
Problem No. 28+ Solution

Let R be the center of rotation for the table. The critical point to rotate around
the corner is when CR is perpendicular to the table.
At that point: + tan Yv m = , + cot UX m = ,
6
cos
YC
m
= ,
8
sin
CX
m
= ,
cos 6 NR L m = , sin 8 NR L m =
6 8
+(tan cot )
cos sin
L m m
m m
= + + ...................................................................... [1|
cos 6
tan
sin 8
L m
m
L m

=

.............................................................................................. [2|

substituting the value for L in [1| into [2|:

6 8
+ tan + cot cos 6
cos sin
tan
6 8
+ tan + cot sin 8
cos sin
m m m
m m
m
m m m
m m

+


=

+




which reduces to
3 + 3 +
+ cos 2 cos 3 sin 2 sin 0 m m m = ................................ [3|

for m = 30, [3| yields +2.++6152+2
for m = +5, [3| yields +0.70710678
for m = 60, [3| yields -0.897+++32, making m between +5 and 60
(a linear interpolation gives m = 51.6)
for m = 50, [3| yields 0.12206757
for m = 55, [3| yields -.0+2026808
from which a linear interpolation gives m = 5107'31.+" and [3| yields -.00+61273.
!nterpolating between the values for 5107'31.+" and 50 gives m = 5105'03.88" for
which [3| yields -0.0000+15+. One more linear interpolation between 5105'03.88"
and 5107'31.+" gives m = 5105'02.53" for which [3| yields 0.00000031 and a final
tweak based on the last two value changes to 5105'02.5+" gives a yield of 0.00000001
for [3|.

The length of the table is then
6 8
+ tan51 05' 02.5+" + cot 51 05' 02.5+"
cos51 05' 02.5+" sin51 05' 02.5+"
+

=11.65

(The value of L is unchanged using m = 5105'03" or 5105' and is impacted very little
by just using the first linear interpolation of 51.6)