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Old 10-09-2020, 04:55 PM   #73050
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Originally Posted by spike021 View Post
I’m a software engineer who was forced to take (and retake for that matter) way too many math courses.

Sadly I can’t be arsed to remember all the formulae.

Of course to be honest I wouldn’t say I was able to remember them all at the time, either.
I don't remember any formulas, that's what the internet is for. You just have to see whether the problem is indeed fully constrained. If so, find the appropriate formula(s) and crunch numbers. If not, assert assumptions until it is fully constrained.
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