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Re:Millennium Tower is tilting, sinking by tedunangst on Monday August 01, 2016 @06:23PM (#12206525)
Wouldn't the width be a more appropriate measure than height?
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Re:Millennium Tower is tilting, sinking by Ankaios on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @12:22AM (#12207822) 

  tan θ = opposite / adjacent
        = (horizontal displacement of top) / height
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Re:Millennium Tower is tilting, sinking by tedunangst on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @12:37AM (#12207853)
Oh. I read it as the one corner was two inches higher. Vertical displacement / width. But that seems wrong now.
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