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Well it's just basic geometry. If you move a stem down and the saddle stays in the same place, the distance between saddle and bars will increase, assuming your steerer doesn't describe an arc with your saddle nose as the centre point.
Cheers tho, and @edscoble
fizzy.bleach
Y math? Use this: http://yojimg.net/bike/web_tools/stem.php