imagine an arrow in flight, lets say for it to get to its target, it has to travel half the distance first. After it travels that, it then has to travel half of the remaining distance. It does this again and again. So if the distance is 10M it goes to 5M then 2.5M and so on. If this is true, does it ever hit its target? If yes or no, Why?
2006-11-30 16:32:32 · 4 answers · asked by Artemis Fowl 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Yes, b/c eventually i can't get my brain (or my caculator) do divide it anymore, so i round and WALLAH it hits the target.
Truely though the answer is ? Eventually it would have to travel half of the smallest distance in the word. STRING THEORY. Then it either wouldn't be able to move 1/2 its distance, or it would hit its target.
2006-11-30 16:37:16 · answer #1 · answered by ☼Divine Wind☼ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well yes and no for these reasons
No: theoretically speaking, no matter how many times the distance is halved there will always be another half. ex. 10, 5, 2.5, 1.25, .75, .375, .1875, .09375, .046875 *ad nauseum* .. even if that distance is so miniscule that one cannot tell if it has touched the target or not.
Yes: logically speaking, once you get down into a nanometer you can say the arrow has hit the target, because the momentemum from the arrow will keep it going for its maximum distance. An average person will assume that the arrow hit the target if they cannot visually distinguish that there is any distance between the arrow and the target.
2006-11-30 16:58:51 · answer #2 · answered by bludyone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There will always be another halfway mark that isn't quite to the target yet.
2006-11-30 16:36:19 · answer #3 · answered by ♥TootsieRolls♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i dont know why i just dont think it will
2006-11-30 16:36:22 · answer #4 · answered by ~♥~ *CHEEKY* ~♥~ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋