Jill and Jimmy - At the Movies - April 4-8, 1994 Jill and Jimmy are going to the movies with their friends Joaquin and Juanita. When they get inside the theater, Joaquin says that he believes it is best to sit so that the angle formed by the line of sight between the left and right sides of the screen is 30 degrees. Furthermore, he says that there's only one seat in the theater for which this is true. Juanita tells him that he is wrong - there are other places where the viewing angle is 30 degrees as well. Who's right? Why? Correct solutions to the problem were submitted by: Hilary Aleksa Grade 9, Fairfield High School Allison Sullivan Grade 9, Fairfield High School Other solutions were received from the following students at Fairfield High School: Grade 9 Grade 10 Lindsey Becker Elissa Colter Amy DeCrescenza Emily Leamy Scott Dwyer Natalie Painchaud Molly MacDonald Nghiem Vu Kathy Medlin Rebecca Naughton Heather Wilcox -------- Dale Carothers Grade 10, Shaler Area School District Drew Ludwig Grade 10, Shaler High School Pete DeFilippo Grade 10, Shaler High School Next problem || Previous problem || Table of Contents || Forum Home Page