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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the geometry of a ship's mast. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the top of one mast to the foot of another, the walkway has to be placed under these ropes. The minimum height, then, of the cross point of the
two ropes is 1.9 meters, in order to allow for access between the two masts. But there are a number of factors that determine how to create this 1.9
meter cross space between the two masts, including the height of the masts, the space between the two masts and whether the two masts are the same height.
The initial assumption addressing the geometrical principles related to this problem is that both masts are of the same height. If this is the case, then the height of
the masts is determined by the need to secure a 1.9 meter space between the two crossed lines, and so the mast height is twice the height of the space
required, or 3.8 meters. The space between the two masts, then, can vary significantly, but the height of each mast will always remain the same because of the necessity
for creating a right angle at the base of the walkway and the fact that the two masts are assumed to be perpendicular. The following are two examples of
very different configurations of a 1.9 meter walk space, cross ropes, and the distance between the two masts.
These two examples, though, demonstrate that the use of the cross ropes and the assumption that each of the masts is the same height creates a distinct geometrical configuration.
The cross of the two ropes creates two pairs of congruent isosceles triangles, each of which has a base and two congruent angles. The base triangle, the triangle
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