

![]() | Project title | Design a computer program to simulate the travel-path of billiard balls. |
| Difficulty Level | Middle school | |
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Description | ||
| My objective was to determine how the initial angle of an idealized billiard ball path, starting from a corner of a rectangular table with integral dimensions, affects whether the path will eventually end in a corner. Based on some mathematical background research, I hypothesized that the path will terminate in a corner if and only if the tangent of its initial angle is rational. | ||
Materials | ||
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Brief Instructions | ||
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