and equidistant from the tangents intersecting at an angle of 28°. The station of the vertex is at 2+880. Find the radius of the curve, the stationing of the beginning and end of the curve and the degree of the curve for a 20-m chord.

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1. In the establishment of a simple railway curve, it was found out that it must pass through a point 15 m from the vertex
and equidistant from the tangents intersecting at an angle of 28°. The station of the vertex is at 2+880. Find the radius of
the curve, the stationing of the beginning and end of the curve and the degree of the curve for a 20-m chord.
Transcribed Image Text:1. In the establishment of a simple railway curve, it was found out that it must pass through a point 15 m from the vertex and equidistant from the tangents intersecting at an angle of 28°. The station of the vertex is at 2+880. Find the radius of the curve, the stationing of the beginning and end of the curve and the degree of the curve for a 20-m chord.
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