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Different units in calculation
Hello guys,
I have a maths application I am working on in java. This is more related to maths but there could be some here who have worked with calculations like this in their java project.
One could convert from degree to radians and from mph to knots. Could one convert from knots to degree or from mph to degree?
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Re: Different units in calculation
Those conversions don't make sense to me. Can you explain how they are possible?Could one convert from knots to degree or from mph to degree?
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Re: Different units in calculation
In other words, such conversion is baseless? That is what I want to know.
Suppose you are given the following :
AS = Air-speed (in mph) LS = Landd-speed (in knots) value_input = speedWalk (degrees)
PI = 3.1412
and given a formular like this to work out all these values:
AS = LS*cos(value_input*value_input)*PI;
Do I need to make all the conversion to mph since the final result should be in that unit? Does this even make sense?
Re: Different units in calculation
I don't understand that part. Where is the walking being done? How can it be measured in degrees?value_input = speedWalk (degrees)
Shouldn't there be a time element?
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Re: Different units in calculation
The value_input is a user entered value in degrees. So, the user enters a value in degree e.g 23 and then enters the LS in knots e.g 5knots and the calculation is done using the formular:
AS = LS*cos(value_input*value_input)*PI;
PI=3.1412
Re: Different units in calculation
And what would you calculate with that? What is the result supposed to be? When you multiply direction and speed?
Re: Different units in calculation
Ok, as you said, this is a math formula to compute some value. I have no idea what it's for or how to check for correctness. No need to explain.
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help_desk (September 8th, 2014)
Re: Different units in calculation
A knot is a measure of speed expressed as a distance per time, specifically nautical miles / hour.
In navigation class, I learned that a nautical mile is equivalent to a minute of arc on the planet Earth at the equator or along any meridian. A minute of arc = 1/60 of a degree.
Perhaps you confused knot (speed) with nautical mile (distance).
A nautical mile is ~6,000 feet while a statute mile is 5,280 feet, so a conversion from MPH to knots is much simpler than the formula you posted above.
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