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Periodic Orbit for Acute Triangles

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A billiard ball on the edge of an acute or right triangular table can be set in motion in such a way that it bounces off each of the other two edges and returns to its initial position

Contributed by: Kevin Choi (August 2012)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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