*wonders if this works out*

Mar 17, 2008 20:39

"If a familiar looking humanoid alien is travelling from point (23, 2/25) towards the south shore of the Thames River, defined by y= -1/4 x + 2 , what is the shortest distance he can travel? (Determine using non-Cartesian vector methods.) The alien's path is given by the vector (x y)= (23 2/25) + t (5 2). Show that he will meet with his human ( Read more... )

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eponymous_rose March 18 2008, 04:19:39 UTC
Hee, I'm getting crazy-type negative values for the time intersection, so I'm giving up on the rest. *shakes fist at math*

...wait. I suppose t could be less than zero. This is the Doctor we're dealing with...

Best of luck on the exams!

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northern_magic March 18 2008, 05:42:00 UTC
Thanks!

It's probably my fault- I didn't check the vectors when I made them up- random numbers are fun!

Or yes, maybe it's, y'know, characterisation.

Writing "Rose" (or hey! part of a classic serial) as one mother math/physics problem could be pretty fun. Writing it as an IB level problem would take serious self-torture. Writing it and incorporating literary devices would be...extremely tempting.

*is distracted*

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