import math #a place to put a bunch of times times = [] #python's for loops are really screwy, but it's still the best way to iterate over a bunch of values for n in range(0,9001): a = float(n)/100 #how many decimal places you want, in this case we'll go out to the hundredth c = 30.0 #constants b = 180 - (a+c) #TASTe! ac = 650.0 bc = (math.sin(math.radians(a))*ac)/math.sin(math.radians(b)) #the law of sines proved very useful here ab = (math.sin(math.radians(c))*ac)/math.sin(math.radians(b)) sandTime = ab/2 pavementTime = bc/5 routeTime = sandTime + pavementTime times.append(routeTime) #let's put this somewhere for safekeeping #wash, rinse, and repeat 9001 times! newTimes = [] #a temporary place newTimes.extend(times) #add in the times newTimes.sort() #in order of smallest to largest place = times.index(newTimes[0]) print(float(place)/100)
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