Hostname: page-component-7479d7b7d-rvbq7 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-12T00:03:28.741Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Shot putt with a height constraint

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Nick Lord*
Affiliation:
Tonbridge School, Kent TN9 1JP

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Teaching Notes
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2012

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1. Leversha, G., Sammutt, P. & Woodruff, P., The shot-putter problem, Math. Gaz. 80 (November 1996) pp. 592595.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2. Simons, S., Overcoming fortifications, Math. Gaz. 90 (November 2006) pp.511513.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
3. Hoare, G., Feedback on 90.86, Math. Gaz. 91 (July 2007) pp. 355356.Google Scholar
4. Quadling, D. A. & Ramsay, A. R. D., Elementary mechanics. Volume 2(2nd edn.) Bell & Hyman (1971) Chapter 31.Google Scholar
5. Bryden, P., Berry, J., Graham, T., Porkess, R., Mechanics 1 (3rd edn.) Hodder-Murray (2004) p. 116.Google Scholar