Problem of the Week Pool Corners
Problem Statement: For this problem of the week, we tested out rebounds and corners on a pool table. Our task for this POW, is to figure out where the ball would go if we followed the correct directions. If we hit the ball at a 45 degree angle, starting at the lower corner, and continued to hit the ball until it went into a corner pocket, where would it end up at? We had to figure out a pattern between the hits and rebounds. Doing this, we made many pool tables ranging in sizes and lengths. Making sure each side of the table was whole number lengths, we began discovering patterns among the group.
Process:
To start our process, we all started out with low numbers to get a full understanding of what
Problem Statement: For this problem of the week, we tested out rebounds and corners on a pool table. Our task for this POW, is to figure out where the ball would go if we followed the correct directions. If we hit the ball at a 45 degree angle, starting at the lower corner, and continued to hit the ball until it went into a corner pocket, where would it end up at? We had to figure out a pattern between the hits and rebounds. Doing this, we made many pool tables ranging in sizes and lengths. Making sure each side of the table was whole number lengths, we began discovering patterns among the group.
Process:
To start our process, we all started out with low numbers to get a full understanding of what