Re:To Save Drowning People, Ask “What Would Light Do?”
by whack on Monday January 15, 2018 @01:06PM
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You got the first equation right, in expressing time-taken in terms of b and w.
Now you need the second equation, which expresses b in terms of w (or vice-versa). Hard to describe it here over text, but I believe using the following set of equations, it should be possible to express b in terms of w.
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Yb = vertical-distance from start-point to water (constant)
Yw = vertical-distance from water to end-point (constant)
Xb = horizontal-distance between start and point-of-contact with water
Xw = horizontal-distance between end and point-of-contact with water
X = horizontal-distance between start/end points (constant)
Ob = angle taken when running towards the water
Ow = angle taken when swimming towards the end point
Now you need the second equation, which expresses b in terms of w (or vice-versa). Hard to describe it here over text, but I believe using the following set of equations, it should be possible to express b in terms of w.
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Yb = vertical-distance from start-point to water (constant)
Yw = vertical-distance from water to end-point (constant)
Xb = horizontal-distance between start and point-of-contact with water
Xw = horizontal-distance between end and point-of-contact with water
X = horizontal-distance between start/end points (constant)
Ob = angle taken when running towards the water
Ow = angle taken when swimming towards the end point
=>
X = Xb + Xw
cos(Ob) = Yb / b
sin(Ob) = Xb / b
cos(Ow) = Yw / w
sin(Ow) = Xw / w