Comic #3783: cross-product
Description
Here’s a transcription of the comic text:
Panel 1:
- Sound effect: HONNNNNK!
- Character 1: I'm walking as fast as I can!
Panel 2:
- Character 2: Your absolute speed is relevant but is not decisive!
Panel 3:
- Character 2: The determiner of my wait time is your absolute speed multiplied by the sine of the angle your path makes with the curb!
- (Diagram shown in the panel: a diagram with "y = r*sin(θ)", "y = your velocity", and a curve labeled "Curb")
Panel 4:
- Character 2: You are walking at an extremely acute angle, such that the projection of your velocity onto the y-axis is practically zero!
Panel 5:
- Character 1: Do you just carry that diagram around with you everywhere?
Panel 6:
- Character 2: Trigonometry is the only thing my wife didn’t take when she left!
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