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Subject:Re: Help with a trig function
From:Rico Sapolich
Date:Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:58:14 EST
In a message dated 11/25/01 2:26:05 PM, poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU writes:

<< So for a bus that is 16' long >>

I believe the wheelbase of a Vanagon is 98 inches.  Using that figure and 
disregarding any change in spring sag, the front wheels would have to be 
resting on a platform 25.36 (i.e., 98 sin �/12) inches in height for the van 
to be inclined 15� from horizontal.

Rich