The
Physics of
Billiards
Introduction
In this web quest you
are going to learn how to apply your knowledge of physics to
billiards. If you are not familiar with billiards you may find
much of the terminology foreign to you. But that is o.k. There
are glossaries to help you understand the terms. The purpose of the
quest is to increase your understanding of physics and apply it to real
world situations, not to become a billiards expert.
Task
Your task is to solve
the following billiards problems using your physics knowledge. The
websites and articles are for you to use to increase your understanding
of the connection of physics to billiards. The problems increase
in difficultly and build on each other from top to bottom. I suggest
that you start with the first one and proceed to the last. All problems
unless stated otherwise do not account for rotation or friction, all
collisions are elastic, and all objects have the same mass. As you
are solving your problems you are also required to create an
equation sheet. On this sheet you must list all the equations that you
use and define their variables. Example: F = ma, F = force, m = mass,
and a = acceleration. Assignment due April 30th.
Created April 24, 2008 by Julie
Wenz
Updated: April 26, 2008
