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    Ahh, now I understand the question! You wanted *diameter* not circumference at stated in your post.

    It's just cos(30)...

    Let x be side length of the triangle the three points form (i.e 35mm).

    (see diagram)

    Draw in lines on triangle that bisect the angles. So we've now got a smaller triangle with one side length x/2, and we know the angle indicated is 30 degrees, since it's an equilateral triangle and we've bisected the corner angle.

    cos(30)=(X/2)/r
    r=X/2/cos(30)
    r=17.5/cos(30) = 20.2072594...
    (since d=2r, d=X/cos(30))

    Incidentally to help remember it cos(30) is just sqrt(3)/2 = 0.866025...
    Hope that helps. You can get the other PCDs using similar methods. 4 is half root 2.
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