Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 28, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Best seat in the House do the math
professor shows Sisler High students How to find prime View at movies by Nick Martin Tom Berry can figure just where to sit in a movie theatre to get a better View of Julia or Brad or prof. Dumbledore. Of course it takes about 15 pages of Complex equations As Well As knowing angles of slope and the dimensions of the Walls screen and floor in whichever part of the Mega Lex you re attending. And a pad in math does to Hurt ? Berry probably knows More than the average moviegoer about Cosine Law absolute maximum values Gamma As a continuous function Tangent lines perpendicular to a radius and the Tan of Beta. Berry a University of Manitoba mathematics professor recently used the problem of identifying the Best View in the Cinema As an exercise to introduce about 15 Sisler High school students to University math. Continued please see math a2 Berry illustrates the Complex mathematical equation for figuring out the Best place to plunk Down with your Popcorn
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