Quote Originally Posted by Pat Barry View Post
Hi Edwin, I must be missing out on how you would accomplish this quickly with a set of dividers. It seems like a lot of guess and check and reguess and recheck, etc, spiraling ever closer to the correct answer. This seems like it would take quite some time. I'd like to learn a better way. Can you walk me through your method to accomplish what you outlined as the problem above?
You really need to take a look at the By Hand and Eye book. All is explained. And it's a lot easier and a lot more exact that you think.