From:	IronRaven cyberraven@********.net
Subject:	Manipulation Spells and Game Mechanics
Date:	Wed, 01 Sep 1999 21:13:21 -0400

At 17.14 09-01-99 -0400, you wrote:
>Conics?

"An object dropped from a moving aricraft (see Fig 22.55) will follow a
parabolic path if air resistance is negligable. A weatehr interment
released from a height of 3520m is observed to strike the water at a
distance of 2150 m fromt he realease point. Write the equation of the
path, taking axis as shown. Find the height of of the insturment when x is
1000m"
You know, conics. The planar shape formed by cutting off a cone at a
certain point and angle, include parabolas, hyperbolas, the circle, lines
and the point. It's part of both calculus (according to my book, any ways)
and geometery, and really, really, really sucks to have to turn in 50 of
the damn things every day.


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