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OFF TOPIC => WORLD NEWS => Sport => Topic started by: eye30 on August 22, 2015, 08:46:08

Title: An intellectually challenging game of loop
Post by: eye30 on August 22, 2015, 08:46:08: Maths writer Alex Bellos recently spent a lot of money on a pool table - an unusual one with only one hole, and no straight sides. It is, in fact, in the shape of an ellipse. Why would anyone do such a thing?

Geometry and maths is at the heart of any game of pool. On a standard rectangular pool table, a ball will bounce off the cushion at the same angle it arrived at. Add a bit of spin to the ball and you can alter the ball's path, but this basic principle is fundamental to any pool player's game.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34015430
Title: Re: An intellectually challenging game of loop
Post by: Dazzler on August 22, 2015, 09:04:48: Being a snooker player from a young age I quite enjoyed that! :goodjob:
Title: Re: An intellectually challenging game of loop
Post by: Shambles on August 22, 2015, 09:26:11: What a load of parc :lol:
Title: Re: An intellectually challenging game of loop
Post by: Dazzler on August 22, 2015, 10:39:19: Quote from: Shambles on August 22, 2015, 09:26:11
What a load of parc :lol:

I bloody was! :TutTut:

P.S. I googled parc before I realised it was crap backwards! :2giggling:
Title: Re: An intellectually challenging game of loop
Post by: cruiserfied on August 22, 2015, 12:49:44: This is what highschool maths needs, I might have done better.