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Bull's eye! (Posted on 2003-11-22) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Two points have polar coordinates as follows: θ=130°,r=.35 (point A) and θ=70°,r=.6 (point B). There is a surrounding circle, r=1, that acts as a mirror, and you wish to send a light ray from point A to point B by bouncing it once off the circle. What two alternative directions could you send it in (use an angular measure paralleling the θ coordinate it would have if directed from the origin)?

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re: The objective of the problem | Comment 12 of 17 |
(In reply to The objective of the problem by Antonio)

Well, I'm happy to say that I (also) did report the angular measure of the reflected angle in my earlier comment... which (assuming I did it correctly) should satisfy what you were looking for.
  Posted by SilverKnight on 2003-11-24 02:50:12

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