You are 5 kilometers from a door. If you were to take half the distance every step, how many steps will it take to get there?
2007-03-06 23:29:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
You would never get there. at some point you would have to take a step to cover 100% of the distance left.
2007-03-06 23:32:09 · answer #1 · answered by vospire s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2
2007-03-06 23:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by ghajini 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You would never get there, although you would get very close to that door :-) Well, that is, provided you can always take a step half the distance of the previous step, if there is such thing a smallest possible step, this paradox is resolved.
2007-03-06 23:35:34 · answer #3 · answered by Steven Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you never get there. it's like the half-lives of elements. the amount will keep getting smaller and smaller, but the distance (or element) will never get to zero.
or you could mean half the distance- 2.5 k- and that would be each step, in which case it would be 2.
2007-03-07 05:48:12 · answer #4 · answered by resistance fighter1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You never get there. The space between you and the door gets smaller and smaller, but never gets to zero.
2007-03-06 23:32:16 · answer #5 · answered by Phartzalot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forever. You never actually get to the door.
2007-03-06 23:31:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll never get there. It has to do with algebra and I hate algebra, so I'm not going to explain my reasoning.
2007-03-07 10:49:53 · answer #7 · answered by Becca 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where am i exactly? in prision?
2007-03-07 00:26:21 · answer #8 · answered by Biqo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋