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Telescope Central-Obstruction Percentage primary aperture diameter Solver

Rearrange the telescope central-obstruction percentage relationship and solve for primary aperture diameter.

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Your inputCalculatedPassed forward in chains
primary aperture diameter250
Reconstructed linear central obstruction percentage25.6

Calculation steps

  1. Use b=100a/c with linear central obstruction percentage=25.6 and secondary obstruction diameter=64.
  2. primary aperture diameter=250.
  3. Substitution into c=100a/b reconstructs 25.6.

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Telescope Central-Obstruction Percentage: solve primary aperture diameter: Rearrange the telescope central-obstruction percentage relationship and solve for primary aperture diameter.

Age 5Explain it to a 5-year-oldStart with a picture

Imagine using Telescope Central-Obstruction Percentage: solve primary aperture diameter to answer this question: rearrange the telescope central-obstruction percentage relationship and solve for primary aperture diameter? Enter linear central obstruction percentage and secondary obstruction diameter; the calculator shows primary aperture diameter. For example: secondary obstruction diameter=64 and primary aperture diameter=250 produce linear central obstruction percentage=25.6. The answer tells you primary aperture diameter.

Age 15Explain it to a 15-year-oldConnect it to the formula

Linear central obstruction compares the secondary obstruction diameter with the telescope's clear primary aperture. This page isolates primary aperture diameter and verifies it in the original relationship. The rule is b=100a/c. Its input values are linear central obstruction percentage, secondary obstruction diameter, and the main result is primary aperture diameter. For example: secondary obstruction diameter=64 and primary aperture diameter=250 produce linear central obstruction percentage=25.6.

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This calculator evaluates the stated telescope central-obstruction percentage: solve primary aperture diameter relation over the valid real-number domain stated below. The implemented relation is b=100a/c, evaluated from linear central obstruction percentage, secondary obstruction diameter to produce primary aperture diameter. Linear central obstruction compares the secondary obstruction diameter with the telescope's clear primary aperture. This page isolates primary aperture diameter and verifies it in the original relationship. Linear obstruction percentage is not the same as the obscured area percentage, which depends on squared diameters.

Inputs and valid domain

  • linear central obstruction percentage must be a finite real number.
  • secondary obstruction diameter must be a finite real number.

Important boundary: Linear obstruction percentage is not the same as the obscured area percentage, which depends on squared diameters.

The formula

b=100a/c

How the calculator works through it

It substitutes linear central obstruction percentage, secondary obstruction diameter into the formula and exposes every numerical step above. The main output is primary aperture diameter, accompanied by Reconstructed linear central obstruction percentage.

Read the result correctly

The primary aperture diameter is the direct answer to “rearrange the telescope central-obstruction percentage relationship and solve for primary aperture diameter.” Read it with the units shown beside the inputs; a sign, angle, percentage or rate changes what the number means.

A worked check

secondary obstruction diameter=64 and primary aperture diameter=250 produce linear central obstruction percentage=25.6.

Where this model stops being reliable

Linear obstruction percentage is not the same as the obscured area percentage, which depends on squared diameters.

Learn it by changing one value

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These are direct reference implementations of the calculator's principal relationship and first output. They run locally and include a small known-answer check where the language supports it.

Algorithm

  1. Read linear central obstruction percentage, secondary obstruction diameter.
  2. Evaluate the principal relationship: b=100a/c.
  3. Return primary aperture diameter and check the domain conditions described above.
Python
            from math import *

def telescope_central_obstruction_solve_b(c, a) -> float:
    return ((100.0 * a) / c)

assert abs(telescope_central_obstruction_solve_b(25.6, 64) - 250) < 1e-6 * max(1.0, abs(250))
          
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C
            #include <assert.h>
#include <math.h>

double telescope_central_obstruction_solve_b(double c, double a) {
    return ((100.0 * a) / c);
}

int main(void) {
    const double expected = 250;
    const double actual = telescope_central_obstruction_solve_b(25.6, 64);
    assert(fabs(actual - expected) < 1e-6 * fmax(1.0, fabs(expected)));
}
          
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C++
            #include <cassert>
#include <cmath>
#include <numbers>

double telescope_central_obstruction_solve_b(double c, double a) {
    return ((100.0 * a) / c);
}

int main() {
    constexpr double expected = 250;
    const double actual = telescope_central_obstruction_solve_b(25.6, 64);
    assert(std::fabs(actual - expected) < 1e-6 * std::fmax(1.0, std::fabs(expected)));
}
          
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Linux x86-64 assembly

x86-64 NASM · System V ABI · Linux · SSE2 with libm where required

            ; double telescope_central_obstruction_solve_b(double c, double a)
; Linux x86-64 NASM · System V ABI · first eight doubles in xmm0–xmm7
global telescope_central_obstruction_solve_b
section .text

telescope_central_obstruction_solve_b:
    push rbp
    mov rbp, rsp
    sub rsp, 48
    movsd [rbp-8], xmm0
    movsd [rbp-16], xmm1
    mov rax, 0x4059000000000000
    movq xmm0, rax
    movsd [rbp-40], xmm0
    movsd xmm0, [rbp-40]
    mulsd xmm0, [rbp-16]
    movsd [rbp-32], xmm0
    movsd xmm0, [rbp-32]
    divsd xmm0, [rbp-8]
    movsd [rbp-24], xmm0
    movsd xmm0, [rbp-24]
    leave
    ret
          
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MATLAB
            function result = telescope_central_obstruction_solve_b(c, a)
    result = ((100.0 * a) / c);
end
          
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Wolfram Language
            ClearAll[mwCalculate];
mwCalculate[c_, a_] := ((100.0 * a) / c);
          
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  title = {Telescope Central-Obstruction Percentage primary aperture diameter Solver},
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  year = {2026},
  url = {https://math.mwsysarc.com/geometry/telescope-central-obstruction-primary-aperture-diameter-solver},
  note = {Published July 21, 2026; accessed August 31, 2026}
}

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Rearrange the telescope central-obstruction percentage relationship and solve for primary aperture diameter.

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The calculator applies b=100a/c. Linear central obstruction compares the secondary obstruction diameter with the telescope's clear primary aperture. This page isolates primary aperture diameter and verifies it in the original relationship.

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