zzheads
zzheads

Reputation: 1470

Get radius of circle, when know height and width of part of including square

Know width and height of square's part, which include circle. How I can get radius of that circle?enter image description here

UPDATE: How to get radius of LARGEST circle, part of which could be placed inside known rectangle

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3040

Answers (1)

John Alexiou
John Alexiou

Reputation: 29264

The answer is

R = width/2 + height^2/(8*width)

Find the correct triangle and the problem becomes trivial.

sketch

You have two equations.

height/2 = R*SIN(Φ)
R = width + R*COS(Φ)

that are solved for R and Φ.

Upvotes: 2

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