Trick Shot
This problem asks us if it is possible to sink 2 pool balls in a very specific manner giving an invented physics.
This problem is purely mathematical.
- We can calculate exactly where ball 3 must be struck in order to fall. (hint: colinear with ball 3 and the hole at a distance 2r from the center of ball 3)
- we can then calculate where ball 1 must be struck in order to reach the point calculated above in the same manner
- We can then calculate where ball 2 must be struck
- We can then determine the angle the cue ball must take after striking ball 1 before striking ball 2 (using the points calculated in 2 and 3)
- We can then determine the INCOMING angle of the cueball (the reflected business described in the problem)
- We can then intersect the line at the angle from 5 with the 'h' line
- if the intersection lies within w, it is possible