stackyFACTSBilliards is just applied kinematics with a monetary buy-in. When objects collide, their total combined momentum cannot magically disappear. It simply transfers, meaning the exact angles and speeds of pool balls scattering across the table are locked into an unyielding, brutally strict mathematical destiny.
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