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Maths problem to solve
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RE: Maths problem to solve
October 21, 2016 at 10:21 pm (This post was last modified: October 21, 2016 at 10:26 pm by Tiberius.)
Intuitively it seems that if an ant only moves at 1cm/s and you are stretching the rubber band by 1m/s, the ant will never be able to reach the other side.

However this is math, so I'm sure the answer is actually the opposite, and when you approach infinity the ant reaches the other side.
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Maths problem to solve - by Aractus - October 21, 2016 at 7:14 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Cato - October 21, 2016 at 9:32 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Aractus - October 21, 2016 at 10:06 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Tiberius - October 21, 2016 at 10:07 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Aractus - October 21, 2016 at 10:19 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Tiberius - October 21, 2016 at 10:23 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Tiberius - October 21, 2016 at 10:21 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Whateverist - October 21, 2016 at 10:23 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Cato - October 21, 2016 at 10:35 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Aractus - October 21, 2016 at 11:04 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Aractus - October 21, 2016 at 10:37 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Whateverist - October 22, 2016 at 12:57 am
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Tiberius - October 21, 2016 at 11:10 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by TheRealJoeFish - October 21, 2016 at 11:13 pm
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Alex K - October 22, 2016 at 1:21 am
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Alex K - October 22, 2016 at 2:59 am
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Aractus - October 22, 2016 at 4:54 am
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Alex K - October 22, 2016 at 6:04 am
RE: Maths problem to solve - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 22, 2016 at 5:18 am
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Aractus - October 22, 2016 at 5:24 am
RE: Maths problem to solve - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 22, 2016 at 5:45 am
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Aractus - October 22, 2016 at 6:03 am
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Alex K - October 22, 2016 at 6:11 am
RE: Maths problem to solve - by account_inactive - October 22, 2016 at 6:14 am
RE: Maths problem to solve - by Longhorn - October 22, 2016 at 6:16 am

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