{"id":146,"date":"2018-07-07T01:57:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T05:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/meyersde\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2021-07-29T10:40:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:40:23","slug":"treegonometry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/meyersde\/treegonometry\/","title":{"rendered":"Treegonometry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Treegonometry creates perfect Christmas tree<\/strong><br><em>28 November 2012<\/em><br><em>Original Source: http:\/\/www.shef.ac.uk\/news\/nr\/debenhams-christmas-tree-formula-1.227810<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the University\u2019s Maths society, called SUMS, have put an end to bare branches, by calculating the amount of baubles, tinsel and lights needed, as well as the size of the essential star on top. Department store Debenhams set the University the Christmas themed challenge to create the formulas for the perfectly decorated Christmas tree. The formulas are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Number&nbsp;of&nbsp;Ornaments = <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B%5Csqrt%7B17%7D%7D%7B20%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{\\sqrt{17}}{20}' title='\\frac{\\sqrt{17}}{20}' class='latex' \/>(Tree Height in&nbsp;cm) = 0.206155 \u2022 Tree Height in&nbsp;cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Length of Tinsel in cm = <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B13%5Cpi%7D%7B8%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{13\\pi}{8}' title='\\frac{13\\pi}{8}' class='latex' \/> (Tree Height in cm) = 5.105088 \u2022 Tree Height in cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Length of Lights in cm = \u03c0 (Tree Height in cm) = 3.141593 \u2022 Tree Height in cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Height of Tree Topper in cm = (Tree Height in cm)&nbsp;\u00f7 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, a 180cm (6ft) Christmas tree would need 37 baubles, around 919 cm of tinsel and 565 cm of lights and an 18cm star or angel is required to achieve the perfect look. Students Nicole Wrightham and Alex Craig, both aged 20, from the University of Sheffield, created the formulas. Nicole said: \u201cThe formulas took us about two hours to complete. We hope the formulas will play a part in making Christmas that little bit easier for everyone.&#8221; The formula allows customers to be savvy when buying the Christmas decorations, as they can calculate exactly how much they need to create a beautifully decorated tree. Debenhams Christmas decorations buyer Sarah Theobold added: \u201cThe formula is so versatile it will work for a tree large enough for the Royal Family at Balmoral but also on trees small enough for the most modest of homes. Customers are often making the error of buying too large or small an angel; however this simple formula means you\u2019ll have the tree to star ratio correct.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treegonometry creates perfect Christmas tree28 November 2012Original Source: http:\/\/www.shef.ac.uk\/news\/nr\/debenhams-christmas-tree-formula-1.227810 Members of the University\u2019s Maths society, called SUMS, have put an end to bare branches, by calculating the amount of baubles, tinsel and lights needed, as well as the size of the essential star on top. Department store Debenhams set the University the Christmas themed challenge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1593,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-146","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/meyersde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/meyersde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/meyersde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/meyersde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/meyersde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/meyersde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/meyersde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/meyersde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}