I wish Angry Birds had been around when I was teaching high school physics. Please don’t think of the game as a hate crime against hogs, or an avian anger management program—instead, think of it as a ...

In the problem, we want to find the best angle (θ) for Tarzan to let go of the rope in order to get the maximum range. What makes this tricky is that the later he lets go of the rope, the better the ...