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		Volpe on Oct 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to escape a monster (using calculus) How? You mean you intuitively understood, or you can prove it your solution without calculus?

sillysaurus2 on Oct 21, 2013 [–]

Just intuitively. Geometrically... Maybe it's from playing online games. I would kite it one direction, then escape in the other. The natural way to do that is a J shape.

omegant on Oct 21, 2013 | [–]

I just thought in a spiral at first and then run, not exactly a J but something close.

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