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  1. Nov 19th 2009, 09:41 AM #1
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    Question pitch of heklix

    Hi.

    can u tell me how to calculate pitch (i mean the vertical distance between two revolutions)of a helix with parametric equatios [2cost 2sint 6t]..?
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  2. Nov 19th 2009, 11:39 AM #2
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    dz/dt = 6

    For example if we use meters and secs dz/dt = 6m/sec

    between succesive revoultion t increases by 2pi

    6m/sec*2pisecs =12pi meters between 2 succesive revolutions
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