HOW DO YOU SEE IT? The object of a computer game
is to break bricks by deflecting a ball toward them
using a paddle. The graph shows the current path of
the ball and the location of the last brick.
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BRICK FACTORY
a. You can move the paddle up, down, left, and right.
At what coordinates should you place the paddle
to break the last brick? Assume the ball deflects at
a right angle.
b. You move the paddle to the coordinates in part (a),
and the ball is deflected. How can you write an
absolute value function that describes the path of
the ball?
