Guest Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 2 men turn at an intersection. One goes left and one goes right. one minute later, they meet. How is this possible? The two men turn at a circular drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 they were heading in intersecting directions. One was heading east and turned right, one headed north and turned left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 ... north near the north pole. One turned left and traveled west; the other turned right and traveled east. Traveling at the same latitude they met because latitudes define circles. Or they were headed south near the south pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 overlooking the obvious here! It doesn't say that they were at the same intersection! they are driving on parallel streets, and the 1 on the left (west) street turns right (east) and the one on the right (east) street turns left (west)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 It doesn't say that they were at the same intersection! "An" intersection is "one" intersection. The spirit of riddle solving is attempting to solve it as the riddler intended it to be understood, IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 One going north turns left and the one going south turns left or viceversa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 they are coming from opposite directions if car1 is driving south and car2 is driving north --- car1 turns left (eastbound) car2 turns left (also eastbound) they will quite literally meet each other --- whether or not they know each other --- and exchange insurance information etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 the answer I was thinkin of is the one with being on the south or north pole foiled again by bona! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Regardless my answer stays correct. They do meet and it does follow the scenario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 If opposing cars turn both turn left, their paths may intersect, and the cars may "meet". But not necessarily. Imagine a flagpole at the exact center of the intersection. If they both keep the flagpole on their left as they turn, their paths intersect, but the cars will not collide [meet]. If they both keep the flagpole on their right, their paths do not even intersect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 they were walking in opposite directions (on different sides of the road), so they both turned toward each other. One left , the other right, they meet in the middle of the road (must be a wide road) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 by circle drive do u mean round-a-bout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 by circle drive do u mean round-a-bout? i think he meant a U-shaped street, wherein both drivers turn in at separate entrances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 by circle drive do u mean round-a-bout? i think he meant a U-shaped street, wherein both drivers turn in at separate entrances A U-shaped street doesn't provide an intersection. A road radially entering a circular drive provides an intersection - as a longitudinal road intersecting a constant-latitude road very near the poles - or a roundabout - would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 It's a circle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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2 men turn at an intersection. One goes left and one goes right. one minute later, they meet. How is this possible?
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