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There was a similar problem involving a dog attempting to get to a thrown ball into a lake. The dog wants to minimize its time to the ball, but has a slower sw
by MereInterest 13y ago
There was a similar problem involving a dog attempting to get to a thrown ball into a lake. The dog wants to minimize its time to the ball, but has a slower swimming speed than running speed.
http://www.maa.org/features/elvisdog.pdf http://www.maa.org/features/elvisdog.pdf
- YokoZar 13y agoMy high school math teacher once asserted that, if you try this experimentally, the dog will in fact take something very close to the optimal path. Therefore, he said, dogs can do calculus.
- jacquesm 13y agoWatch a toddler intercept a ball thrown along a parabolic trajectory. Toddlers can do calculus too!