Pool: Is is Physics or Geometry?
My fiance and I love to play pool, when instructing new players such as my childern, I tell them its physics. My fiance says no its geometry... what do you think?
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geometrywe actually used pool as a study tool in my geometry class.
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its a mixture of the 2. Geometry when u judge the angles and how the ball will bounce off, and physics when u hit it, how hard u hit it, and if u put english on the ball.What size room is needed to accommidate an eight foot pool table?
Both:physics because you're moving a mass (the cue ball) at a certain velocity in order to cause an inelastic collision with an object at rest (the other balls, in order to impart the onject with some of the cue balls energy.
Geometry because of the angles involved in the collision between balls and the rails
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It's sort of both, but physics is definitely a much better answer than geometry.Geometry is a branch of pure mathematics. That is, it isn't an empirical science. That is, geometry is purely deductive and theoretical and it doesn't necessarily correspond to the reality of something like pool.
You need the laws of physics to make geometry say anything about what happens in pool. On its own, geometry is purely theoretical and it doesn't really have anything to do with a real game of pool, but by using the laws of physics (specifically, those pertaining to quasi-elastic collisions), you can relate geometry to pool.
Well not a wrong answer from anybody. Both amount to about a quarter of the game its how you apply it that really counts .i could wear out my typing finger trying to explain what i mean.I would give physics a 40%percent lead out of the two real good answers everybody
Later Johnny
Its physics that determines the pool ball trajectories, geomertry has little to do with pool unless there was no friction in the game, but this game is all about friction. At the higher levels of pool, the cue ball doesn't always travel in a straight line, the angle of incidence is hardly ever equal to the angle of reflection, and sometimes the cueball will stop dead, and then start moving after a short delay. These things can't be explained by geometry alone.
Physics. The study of physics includes geometry.
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It's Both!!the geometry of the angle of the shots and the physics of how the ball rotates (english) when hit in a certain spot and the speed and trajectory of the ball hitting a non moving object.
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Both:Physics for the movement, momentum and velocity,
Geometry for the angles and curves
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physics studies motion, geometry studies angles. one is uncluded in the other. geometry has to be a part of physics.to the intelligent person..pool is physics.
to the one that has a closed mind, pool is geometry
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