Is it possible to reach back on the same point from where you started journey , if you move in the directions and cover the distances as mentioned above? If yes - how ? If no -why not?
2006-07-06 02:38:38 · 9 answers · asked by G.R. K 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
If you start at the north pole.
2006-07-06 02:42:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, and No. The original directions/distances moved you 100 km west of the origin. If you use the same directions, you will now be 200 km west of your origin. To return, you either have to go 100km east, or reverse the directions.
2006-07-06 09:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by homeschoolmom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. you still have to travel 100 km to the east to reach your point of origin. Even if you will make a triangulation, the 100 km distance toward north will not be enough to reach your point of origin.
2006-07-06 09:46:26 · answer #3 · answered by dGambit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two possibilities:
1)If you MUST move DIRECTLY south, west, and north, then "no" you are forming a square, turning at 90 degree angles
2)If you may move at angles so long as you are still moving in that general direction (southeast, southwest, etc), then you could make one line heading southeast, the second heading due west, and the final heading northeast, forming an equilateral triangle.
2006-07-06 09:48:17 · answer #4 · answered by Lee C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope you would be 100km west of where you started from and have to travel 100 km east to be back to the starting point
2006-07-06 09:43:41 · answer #5 · answered by The King of All Answerer's 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - If you are refering to a point on the surface of this planet. If you start at the true geographical northern axis of the moment, taking into account the slight "wobble" of the earth on its axis, and ignoring the magnetic north pole.
No - At any other point on the surface of this planet, or if you refer to a given point in space...
2006-07-06 10:24:59 · answer #6 · answered by Ole Mossback 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No: If you travel in all three of those directions in order, you end up one hundred kilometers west of your origin.
2006-07-06 09:44:35 · answer #7 · answered by Aubri M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, you need to move another 100km east to return to your starting point
2006-07-06 09:41:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
exept if you live in a pyramidal planet...
2006-07-06 09:43:49 · answer #9 · answered by ycaruss y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋