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Re: Problem 144
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 3:15 am
by RishadanPort
Just a piece of advice I ran into when solving this problem.
The ray exiting through the opening, does not count as a hit.
(It does say this in the question, but I missed it)
Re: Problem 144
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:42 pm
by Oofiehatessemicolons
thedoctar wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:52 pm
Could someone please post the first five reflections?
EDIT: My program gets the same results for the 2nd, 9th and 33rd, but my answer isn't correct!!!
(0.006 -10.000)
This is the last point I get, rounded. This point is the 160th-170th point I get, hopefully I'm not giving too much away here. Am I anywhere close?
EDIT*: Just realised the problem, pretty much as soon as I edited this point. Embarrassing! :\
EDIT**: Solved
please tell me what the problem was. I'm in the exact same situation as you and have no idea
Edit: never mind, I also figured it out instantly. Life would be so much easier if they made holes on both sides..
Re: Problem 144
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 7:28 pm
by drassont
I hope this doesn't count as a spoiler but my problem was simply that I'd rescaled the ellipse and forgot to rescale the aperture for the white cell accordingly.