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Riddles

By Buce, in General Chat

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Suzie the Fox

Suzie the Fox

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2 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

She never makes it that far.

 

Just now, Carl the Llama said:

Trick question.

Indeed

 

She will never get to the 1 foot mark because you keep adding smaller and smaller amounts!

 

Izzy

Izzy

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2 minutes ago, Suzie the Fox said:

 

Indeed

 

She will never get to the 1 foot mark because you keep adding smaller and smaller amounts!

 

Yeah but surely those smaller and smaller amounts will eventually add up to 1 foot? :dunno:

Buce

Buce

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1 minute ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

Yeah but surely those smaller and smaller amounts will eventually add up to 1 foot? :dunno:

 

No.

 

Each time she will be only able to jump half the amount required to reach the goal.

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Izzy

Izzy

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6 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

No.

 

Each time she will be only able to jump half the amount required to reach the goal.

Yeah but she's still jumping something each time. So surely all those somethings (however small) will eventually all add up to a foot? 

Buce

Buce

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1 minute ago, Suzie the Fox said:

How far can you run into the woods?

 

Halfway, after which you are running out of the woods.

Suzie the Fox

Suzie the Fox

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1 minute ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

Yeah but she's still jumping something each time. So surely all those somethings (however small) will eventually all add up to a foot? 

I thought the same.

Izzy

Izzy

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Just now, Suzie the Fox said:

I thought the same.

Come and join me over in the Dunce's corner Suze :thumbup:

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Carl the Llama

Carl the Llama

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Just now, Izzy Muzzett said:

Yeah but she's still jumping something each time. So surely all those somethings (however small) will eventually all add up to a foot? 

No because it's fractional.  Say you have a cake and eat half of it leaving you half a cake.  Then you eat half of that piece leaving you 1/4 of a cake.  Then you eat half of that and it leaves you 1/8 of a cake.  However long you keep going. you will always have half of the previous piece remaining.  Same logic applies.

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Suzie the Fox

Suzie the Fox

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Just now, Izzy Muzzett said:

Come and join me over in the Dunce's corner Suze :thumbup:

Im looking at all these riddles and thinking wtf ... then i read the answer and am like 'oh yeaaaah' but seriously to actually guess some is just not on my brain waves. :D 

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Buce

Buce

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4 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

Yeah but she's still jumping something each time. So surely all those somethings (however small) will eventually all add up to a foot? 

 

Unfortunately, I can't think of a simpler way to explain the concept.

 

Even if she was only the width of an atom short, she can only jump the width of half an atom; when she is the width of half an atom short, she can only jump the width of a quarter of an atom, and so on to infinity.

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