On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:07:31 +0000 (UTC), "Crosbie Fitch"
wrote:

Maybe I should also ask if this 'distance skied' includes the very steep
chair-lifts/cable-cars?

I presume it doesn't.

NB I was guessing at around 45 degrees for snow adhesion as my upper bound,
hence root 2, hence 1.414, hence ~40%.

I'm curious as to how you remembered that sin/cos45 was 1/root2. Not
the sort of thing that sticks in most people's minds, I'd have
thought:-) Or is there a much simpler theorem that I've forgotten?

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