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> I am trying to figure something out, and wondered if you guys might have some ideas. Here is the situation:
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> You are at point A. You want to reach point B.
> Every time you move towards point B, you can only move half as far as the before. Would you ever reach point B?
> I am thinking that EVENTUALLY you'll get there. By the way, no loopholes, guys..you can't reach B from A in one move. I don't know why I come up with stuff like this, maybe my brain wants excercise. Does a problem like this seem familiar to anyone else? I really think I've seen it somewhere....

you won't ever reach it. say that from A to B is 2 units and on your first move you move 1 unit. 2nd move you'll move .5, 3rd .25, etc... after the 1 unit move, the rest of them will jsut be trying to add up to another whole 1, but they'll never quite make it. yes, for all purposes you'll be "at" B, cause you'll only be a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a unit away from it, which basically is the same as nothing, but you never in actuality reach it.

uni"math class must've payed off somewhere"peg