Question Number 132102 by mr W last updated on 14/Feb/21
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$${a}\:{ball}\:{is}\:{thrown}\:{from}\:{point}\:{A}\:{with} \\ $$$${speed}\:\boldsymbol{{u}}\:{and}\:{strikes}\:{at}\:{a}\:{point}\:{B} \\ $$$${on}\:{the}\:{semispherical}\:{surface}\:{with} \\ $$$${radius}\:{R}\:{and}\:{returns}\:{back}\:{to}\:{point}\:{A}. \\ $$$${if}\:{the}\:{restitution}\:{coefficient}\:{of} \\ $$$${the}\:{collision}\:{is}\:\boldsymbol{{e}},\:{find}\:{the}\:{minimum} \\ $$$${speed}\:\boldsymbol{{u}}\:{the}\:{ball}\:{must}\:{have}\:{and}\:{at} \\ $$$${which}\:{angle}\:\boldsymbol{\theta}\:{the}\:{ball}\:{should}\:{be} \\ $$$${thrown}. \\ $$
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$$\mathrm{You}\:\mathrm{are}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{world}\:\mathrm{best}\:\mathrm{no}\:\mathrm{one}\:\mathrm{can}\: \\ $$$$\mathrm{challenge}\:\mathrm{you}! \\ $$
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$${For}\:{u}_{{min}} \:\:\:{I}\:\:{got}\:\:\:\phi=\mathrm{30}° \\ $$$${t}_{\mathrm{1}} =\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{2}\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}{R}}{{g}}}\left\{\mathrm{1}\pm\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{e}^{\mathrm{2}} }−\mathrm{1}}\right\} \\ $$$${u}_{{min}} ^{\mathrm{2}} =\left(\frac{{R}\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}}{\mathrm{2}{t}}+\frac{{gt}}{\mathrm{4}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +\frac{\mathrm{3}\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}}{\mathrm{2}}{gR}\left(\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{e}^{\mathrm{2}} }−\mathrm{1}\right) \\ $$
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$${do}\:{you}\:{mean}\:{that}\:{u}_{{min}} \:{is}\:{always}\:{at} \\ $$$$\phi=\mathrm{30}°\:{indepentently}\:{from}\:{e}? \\ $$$${i}\:{can}'{t}\:{confirm}\:{this}\:{sir}. \\ $$
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$$\underline{\boldsymbol{{motion}}\:\boldsymbol{{from}}\:\boldsymbol{{A}}\:\boldsymbol{{to}}\:\boldsymbol{{B}}:} \\ $$$${t}=\frac{{R}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta} \\ $$$${R}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\phi=−{u}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\theta×\frac{{R}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}+\frac{{g}}{\mathrm{2}}×\frac{{R}^{\mathrm{2}} \left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }{{u}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\mathrm{cos}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\theta} \\ $$$$\frac{\mathrm{sin}\:\phi}{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi}=\frac{{gR}}{\mathrm{2}{u}^{\mathrm{2}} }×\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{tan}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\theta\right)−\mathrm{tan}\:\theta \\ $$$${let}\:\lambda=\frac{{gR}}{\mathrm{2}{u}^{\mathrm{2}} } \\ $$$$\frac{\mathrm{sin}\:\phi}{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi}=\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{tan}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\theta\right)−\mathrm{tan}\:\theta \\ $$$$\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\mathrm{tan}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\theta−\mathrm{tan}\:\theta+\frac{\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{sin}\:\phi}{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\mathrm{tan}\:\theta=\frac{\mathrm{1}\pm\sqrt{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{4}\lambda\:\mathrm{sin}\:\phi−\mathrm{4}\lambda^{\mathrm{2}} \left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }}{\mathrm{2}\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\theta=\mathrm{tan}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left[\frac{\mathrm{1}\pm\sqrt{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{4}\lambda\:\mathrm{sin}\:\phi−\mathrm{4}\lambda^{\mathrm{2}} \left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }}{\mathrm{2}\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)}\right] \\ $$$$ \\ $$$$\underline{\boldsymbol{{at}}\:\boldsymbol{{point}}\:\boldsymbol{{B}}:} \\ $$$${U}_{{x}} ={u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta \\ $$$${U}_{{y}} ={gt}−{u}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\theta=\frac{{gR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}−{u}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\theta \\ $$$${U}_{\bot} ={U}_{{x}} \mathrm{cos}\:\phi+{U}_{{y}} \mathrm{sin}\:\phi \\ $$$${U}_{\bot} ={u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta\mathrm{cos}\:\phi+\left[\frac{{gR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}−{u}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\theta\right]\mathrm{sin}\:\phi \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{U}_{\bot} ={u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)+\frac{{gR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\mathrm{sin}\:\phi}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta} \\ $$$${U}_{\parallel} =−{U}_{{x}} \mathrm{sin}\:\phi+{U}_{{y}} \mathrm{cos}\:\phi \\ $$$${U}_{\parallel} =−{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta\:\mathrm{sin}\:\phi+\left[\frac{{gR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}−{u}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\theta\right]\mathrm{cos}\:\phi \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{U}_{\parallel} =−{u}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)+\frac{{gR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\phi}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta} \\ $$$$ \\ $$$${V}_{\bot} ={eU}_{\bot} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{V}_{\bot} ={eu}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)+\frac{{egR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\mathrm{sin}\:\phi}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta} \\ $$$${V}_{\parallel} ={U}_{\parallel} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{V}_{\parallel} =−{u}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)+\frac{{gR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\phi}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta} \\ $$$$ \\ $$$${V}_{{x}} ={V}_{\bot} \mathrm{cos}\:\phi+{V}_{\parallel} \mathrm{sin}\:\phi \\ $$$${V}_{{x}} =\left[{eu}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)+\frac{{egR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\mathrm{sin}\:\phi}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}\right]\mathrm{cos}\:\phi+\left[−{u}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)+\frac{{gR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\phi}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}\right]\mathrm{sin}\:\phi \\ $$$${V}_{{x}} ={eu}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\phi+\frac{{egR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\mathrm{sin}\:\phi\:\mathrm{cos}\:\phi}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}−{u}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)\mathrm{sin}\:\phi+\frac{{gR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\mathrm{sin}\:\phi\mathrm{cos}\:\phi}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{V}_{{x}} ={u}\left[\left(\mathrm{1}+{e}\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\phi−\mathrm{cos}\:\theta+\frac{\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+{e}\right)\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\:\mathrm{sin}\:\mathrm{2}\phi}{\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}\right] \\ $$$${V}_{{y}} ={V}_{\bot} \mathrm{sin}\:\phi−{V}_{\parallel} \mathrm{cos}\:\phi \\ $$$${V}_{{y}} =\left[{eu}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)+\frac{{egR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\mathrm{sin}\:\phi}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}\right]\mathrm{sin}\:\phi−\left[−{u}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)+\frac{{gR}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\phi}{{u}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}\right]\mathrm{cos}\:\phi \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{V}_{{y}} ={u}\left[\left(\mathrm{1}+{e}\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)\mathrm{sin}\:\phi+\mathrm{sin}\:\theta+\frac{\mathrm{2}\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\left(\left(\mathrm{1}+{e}\right)\:\mathrm{sin}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\phi−\mathrm{1}\right)}{\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}\right] \\ $$$$ \\ $$$$\underline{\boldsymbol{{return}}\:\boldsymbol{{from}}\:\boldsymbol{{B}}\:\boldsymbol{{to}}\:\boldsymbol{{A}}:} \\ $$$${t}=\frac{{R}\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)}{\left(\mathrm{1}+{e}\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\phi−\mathrm{cos}\:\theta+\frac{\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\left(\mathrm{1}+{e}\right)\:\mathrm{sin}\:\mathrm{2}\phi}{\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}}×\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{u}} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\frac{{tu}}{{R}}=\xi=\frac{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi}{\left(\mathrm{1}+{e}\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\phi−\mathrm{cos}\:\theta+\frac{\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+{e}\right)\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\:\mathrm{sin}\:\mathrm{2}\phi}{\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}} \\ $$$${R}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\phi={t}\left\{{u}\left[\left(\mathrm{1}+{e}\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)\mathrm{sin}\:\phi+\mathrm{sin}\:\theta\right]+\frac{\mathrm{2}\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\left({e}\:\mathrm{sin}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\phi−\mathrm{cos}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\phi\right)}{\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}−\frac{{gt}}{\mathrm{2}}\right\} \\ $$$$\mathrm{sin}\:\phi=\frac{{tu}}{{R}}\left[\left(\mathrm{1}+{e}\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)\mathrm{sin}\:\phi+\mathrm{sin}\:\theta+\frac{\mathrm{2}\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\left({e}\:\mathrm{sin}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\phi−\mathrm{cos}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\phi\right)}{\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}−\frac{\lambda{tu}}{{R}}\right] \\ $$$$\mathrm{sin}\:\phi=\xi\left[\left(\mathrm{1}+{e}\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)\mathrm{sin}\:\phi+\mathrm{sin}\:\theta+\frac{\mathrm{2}\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\left(\left(\mathrm{1}+{e}\right)\mathrm{sin}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\phi−\mathrm{1}\right)}{\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}−\lambda\xi\right] \\ $$$${or} \\ $$$$\mathrm{sin}\:\phi=\xi\left[{e}'\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)\:\mathrm{sin}\:\phi+\mathrm{sin}\:\theta+\frac{\mathrm{2}\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\left({e}'\mathrm{sin}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\phi−\mathrm{1}\right)}{\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}−\lambda\xi\right]\:\:\:…\left({I}\right) \\ $$$${with} \\ $$$${e}'=\mathrm{1}+{e} \\ $$$$\lambda=\frac{{gR}}{\mathrm{2}{u}^{\mathrm{2}} } \\ $$$$\left.\theta=\mathrm{tan}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left[\frac{\mathrm{1}+\sqrt{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{4}\lambda\:\mathrm{sin}\:\phi−\mathrm{4}\lambda^{\mathrm{2}} \left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }}{\mathrm{2}\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)}\right]\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\ast\right) \\ $$$$\xi=\frac{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi}{{e}'\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\phi+\theta\right)\:\mathrm{cos}\:\phi−\mathrm{cos}\:\theta+\frac{\lambda{e}'\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)\:\mathrm{sin}\:\mathrm{2}\phi}{\mathrm{cos}\:\theta}} \\ $$$${for}\:{a}\:{given}\:{e}\:\in\left(\mathrm{0},\mathrm{1}\right]\:{we}\:{can}\:{find} \\ $$$${solution}\left({s}\right)\:{for}\:\phi\:{in}\:\left({I}\right)\:{for}\:{some} \\ $$$${values}\:{of}\:{parameter}\:\lambda.\:{the}\:{maximum} \\ $$$${value}\:{of}\:\lambda\:{such}\:{that}\:{a}\:{solution}\:{for}\:\phi \\ $$$${exists}\:{can}\:{be}\:{determined}\:{numerically}. \\ $$$${this}\:{corresponds}\:{to}\:{the}\:{minimum} \\ $$$${speed}\:{the}\:{ball}\:{must}\:{have}: \\ $$$${u}_{{min}} =\sqrt{\frac{{gR}}{\mathrm{2}\lambda_{{max}} }} \\ $$$$ \\ $$$${examples}: \\ $$$${e}=\mathrm{0}.\mathrm{5}\:\Rightarrow{u}_{{min}} \approx\mathrm{2}.\mathrm{7682}\sqrt{{gR}} \\ $$$${e}=\mathrm{0}.\mathrm{75}\:\Rightarrow{u}_{{min}} \approx\mathrm{1}.\mathrm{6082}\sqrt{{gR}} \\ $$$${e}=\mathrm{1}\:\Rightarrow{u}_{{min}} \approx\mathrm{0}.\mathrm{9098}\sqrt{{gR}}\:\:\left(=\:{Q}\mathrm{65589}\right) \\ $$$$ \\ $$$$\left.\ast\right) \\ $$$${with}\:{the}\:{other}\:{solution} \\ $$$$\theta=\mathrm{tan}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left[\frac{\mathrm{1}−\sqrt{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{4}\lambda\:\mathrm{sin}\:\phi−\mathrm{4}\lambda^{\mathrm{2}} \left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }}{\mathrm{2}\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)}\right] \\ $$$${we}\:{can}\:{get}\:{a}\:{solution}\:{for}\:{the}\:{case} \\ $$$${that}\:{the}\:{ball}\:{strikes}\:{the}\:{surface} \\ $$$${upwards},\:{i}.{e}.\:{counterclockwise}. \\ $$$${but}\:{in}\:{this}\:{case}\:{more}\:{energy}\:{is} \\ $$$${needed},\:{i}.{e}.\:{u}_{{min}} \:{is}\:{larger}\:{than}\:{with} \\ $$$$\theta=\mathrm{tan}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left[\frac{\mathrm{1}+\sqrt{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{4}\lambda\:\mathrm{sin}\:\phi−\mathrm{4}\lambda^{\mathrm{2}} \left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }}{\mathrm{2}\lambda\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cos}\:\phi\right)}\right] \\ $$$${see}\:{examples}\:{with}\:{e}=\mathrm{0}.\mathrm{5}\:{and}\:\mathrm{0}.\mathrm{75}. \\ $$
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$${following}\:{diagrams}\:{show}\:{different} \\ $$$${situations}\:{for}\:{e}=\mathrm{0}.\mathrm{75}. \\ $$$$ \\ $$$${generally}: \\ $$$${for}\:{a}\:{given}\:{e}\in\left(\mathrm{0},\mathrm{1}\right]\:{there}\:{exists}\:{an} \\ $$$${u}_{{min}} .\:{for}\:{any}\:{u}>{u}_{{min}} \:{there}\:{are}\:{four}\: \\ $$$${possible}\:{ways}\:{how}\:{the}\:{ball}\:{returns} \\ $$$${back}\:{to}\:{its}\:{starting}\:{position}:\:{two} \\ $$$${ways}\:{clockwise}\:{and}\:{two}\:{counter}− \\ $$$${clockwise}. \\ $$
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$$\boldsymbol{{background}}\:\boldsymbol{{knowledge}} \\ $$$$ \\ $$$${what}\:{happens}\:{when}\:{a}\:{ball}\:{strikes}\:{on} \\ $$$${a}\:{wall}\:{and}\:{the}\:{restitution}\:{coefficient} \\ $$$${of}\:{the}\:{collision}\:{is}\:\boldsymbol{{e}}? \\ $$$$ \\ $$$${U}={coming}\:{speed} \\ $$$${V}={leaving}\:{speed} \\ $$$$ \\ $$$${U}_{\bot} ={U}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\delta_{\mathrm{1}} \\ $$$${U}_{\parallel} ={U}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\delta_{\mathrm{1}} \\ $$$${V}_{\bot} ={V}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\delta_{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${V}_{\parallel} ={V}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\delta_{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$ \\ $$$${V}_{\bot} ={e}×{U}_{\bot} \:\Rightarrow{V}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\delta_{\mathrm{2}} ={e}×{U}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\delta_{\mathrm{1}} \\ $$$${V}_{\parallel} ={U}_{\parallel} \:\:\:\Rightarrow\:{V}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\delta_{\mathrm{2}} ={U}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\delta_{\mathrm{1}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{tan}\:\delta_{\mathrm{2}} =\frac{\mathrm{tan}\:\delta_{\mathrm{1}} }{{e}} \\ $$$$\delta_{\mathrm{2}} \geqslant\delta_{\mathrm{1}} \\ $$$$ \\ $$$${KE}_{\mathrm{1}} =\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}{mU}^{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${KE}_{\mathrm{2}} =\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}{mV}^{\mathrm{2}} =\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}{mU}^{\mathrm{2}} \left(\mathrm{sin}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\delta_{\mathrm{1}} +{e}^{\mathrm{2}} \mathrm{cos}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\delta_{\mathrm{1}} \right) \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{KE}_{\mathrm{2}} =\left(\mathrm{sin}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\delta_{\mathrm{1}} +{e}^{\mathrm{2}} \mathrm{cos}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\delta_{\mathrm{1}} \right){KE}_{\mathrm{1}} \\ $$$${we}\:{see}\:{KE}_{\mathrm{2}} ={KE}_{\mathrm{1}} \:{only}\:{when}\:{e}=\mathrm{1}, \\ $$$${otherwise}\:{KE}_{\mathrm{2}} <{KE}_{\mathrm{1}} . \\ $$$$ \\ $$$${the}\:{collision}\:{is}\:{called}\:{elastic}\:{if}\:{e}=\mathrm{1}. \\ $$
Commented by Ar Brandon last updated on 13/Feb/21
$$ \\ $$Wow ! 😃 Where did you learn your geometry Sir ? I feel you have this unique skill here.
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$${the}\:{best}\:{teacher}\:{is}\:{the}\:{own}\:{interest}… \\ $$
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