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Billiards

A ball is launched from the bottom left corner of a rectangular billiards table, at 45 degrees to the sides. If it continues to travel - bouncing off the sides of the table - will it enter a pocket (at a corner of the table)? If so, which pocket? Once you have a prediction, press "play/pause" in the app to launch the ball. Then drag the grey dots at the bottom right/top left of the table to change the dimensions of the table. What other questions could you ask? (Only after you have investigated: you can click the checkbox towards the bottom left of the app for insight into one way of thinking about the problem.)