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shots in a rectangle billiard, will the ball ever reach vertex B ?

Source: JBMO Shortlist 2013 C2

April 24, 2019
rectanglecombinatoricscombinatorial geometry

Problem Statement

In a billiard with shape of a rectangle ABCDABCD with AB=2013AB=2013 and AD=1000AD=1000, a ball is launched along the line of the bisector of BAD\angle BAD. Supposing that the ball is reflected on the sides with the same angle at the impact point as the angle shot , examine if it shall ever reach at vertex B.