I should correct my last , the latitude is in fact 89? 59.84´ and corresponding 89? 58.84´ ( I was using full diameter to calculate instead of radius)
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Best Answer bonanova, 24 September 2007 - 03:12 AM
I think this answer
doesn't work: when you get to the South pole, how do you run West?Yep. I presume you mean 1 mile north of south pole?
But this answer:
does: for example, any point on the circle (1 + 1/2pi) miles from the South Pole.There's an infinite number of circles around the South Pole where he could have started.
After going South 1 mile, you're (1/2pi) miles from the Pole,
which allows you to run West 1 mile [1 lap of a 1-mile circumference circle]
and be able to go a mile North to the starting point.
As Martini noted, there is an infinite number of starting distances:
1 + 1/2Npi miles North of the South pole where N is any positive integer.
N is then the number of circular laps in your westerly mile.
e.g. N=5280 - you'd run 5280 laps around a 1-foot circumference circle.
Here's a counter question - why can't N be negative?
i.e. start closer than a mile - you could still do N laps Go to the full post
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Posted 02 April 2008 - 05:20 PM
how many times can people argue about the same answer??
rotating treadmill, duh...
rotating treadmill, duh...
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Posted 14 April 2008 - 08:48 PM
Why all the comlecation? whay not just end up in the west? LOL 
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Posted 11 May 2008 - 01:50 AM
its baseball he started from 1 st base
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Posted 17 July 2008 - 05:50 PM
has to be north pole....but it says infinite places of start point.
Edited by Ray Kovecses, 17 July 2008 - 05:57 PM.
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Posted 25 July 2008 - 06:37 AM
Assumin that he only ran and didnt get anything else it has to be the north poll becase anywhere else he would have to go east in order to get back to where he started.
Had he gotten a help from something else there is infact an infinate possibity of where he started
Had he gotten a help from something else there is infact an infinate possibity of where he started
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Posted 23 August 2008 - 05:49 AM
I THINK HE STARTED AT THE NORTH POLE AND RAN SOUTH 1 MILE AND THEN WEST THEN NORTH BACK TO THE POLE AND THERE IS AN INFINITE NUMBER OF STARTING DIRECTIONS IF HE WAS TO MOVE THE SMALLEST DISTANCE POSSIBLE FACING SLIGHTLY WEST FROM THE PREVIOUSLY FACING POSITION TO THEN START AGAIN HEADING SOUTH THEN WEST THEN NORTH AND OVER AND OVER FOR ETERNITY SINCE IT WOULD BE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF STARTS.
IF HE WAS TO START 1 MILE NORTH OF THE SOUTH POLE THEN WHEN HE GO TTO THE SOUTH POLE TO GO WEST HE WOULD BE PIVOTING ON ONE FOOT DIRECTLY OVER THE POLE AND SPINNING WITH THE OTHER FOOT FOR ONE MILE AND HE WOULD QUICKLY BE STANDING IN A BIG PUDDLE ON THE SNOW OR ICE BECAUSE HIS SHOE OR BOOT THAT WAS PIVOTING OVER THE SAME SPOT ON THE POLE WHILE TRAVELING WEST WOULD HEAT UP FROM THE CONSTANT FRICTION IN THE SAME SPOT FOR THE ENTIRE MILE...
I DUNNO THE NORTH POLE SOUNDS RIGHT TO ME THO!
I DONT HAVE TIME TO MAKE A DIAGRAM TO BETTER EXPLAIN RIGHT NOW, SORRY
IF HE WAS TO START 1 MILE NORTH OF THE SOUTH POLE THEN WHEN HE GO TTO THE SOUTH POLE TO GO WEST HE WOULD BE PIVOTING ON ONE FOOT DIRECTLY OVER THE POLE AND SPINNING WITH THE OTHER FOOT FOR ONE MILE AND HE WOULD QUICKLY BE STANDING IN A BIG PUDDLE ON THE SNOW OR ICE BECAUSE HIS SHOE OR BOOT THAT WAS PIVOTING OVER THE SAME SPOT ON THE POLE WHILE TRAVELING WEST WOULD HEAT UP FROM THE CONSTANT FRICTION IN THE SAME SPOT FOR THE ENTIRE MILE...
I DUNNO THE NORTH POLE SOUNDS RIGHT TO ME THO!
I DONT HAVE TIME TO MAKE A DIAGRAM TO BETTER EXPLAIN RIGHT NOW, SORRY
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Posted 24 August 2008 - 02:01 AM
HERES HOW I THINK IT WOULD LOOK, MAYBE MY PICS WILL SHOW BETTER THAN MY WORDS CAN DESCRIBE
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