Thursday, 13 January 2011

What happens when a wabe hits a surface?


My partner (Jude) and I noticed the the ball shaped objects would ricochet of of the wall in a symmetrical manner towards the angle of incidence. We also realized that the heavier the object was the narrower the (in the image shown above) reflective ray and angle of reflection would be. Also the lighter the object the more "wonky" it would go. I found this interesting because I thought that the material would affect the reflective ray of the object more than the weight would but it turned out to be the opposite.

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