Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site circadia.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!circadia!dave From: dave@circadia.UUCP (David Messer) Newsgroups: net.puzzle Subject: Re: infinitesimal bees (**SPOILER**) Message-ID: <200@circadia.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 03:57:54 EST Article-I.D.: circadia.200 Posted: Tue Nov 5 03:57:54 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 07:52:17 EST References: <10852@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: Quest Research Inc., Burnsville, MN Lines: 17 > At time 0, two cars are 5 miles apart, headed directly towards each > other, each moving at 20 miles per hour. (The speed remains constant > throughout the problem.) > > At time 0, a fast bee flies from one car towards the other. As soon > as it reaches the other car, it turns around in infinitesimal time > and heads back towards the first car. And so on. This bee flies at > 30 miles per hour. > > How far does the bee travel before being demolished in the eventual > collision? That's easy. 3.75 miles. -- David Messer UUCP: ...ihnp4!circadia!dave FIDO: 14/415 (SYSOP)