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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....
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> Go 2/3rds of the way the first time, and half that the second.
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Yeah. This is really similar to one of Zeno's (Zeno is one of those Greek philosopher type guys) many infinity paradoxes, but it only works if you go half the distance or less the first time, in which case you'll never reach the other side.

Tom