> 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....

The classical answer (assuming you only go halfway the first time) is no. But, if you add another element, it gets more interesting: Say that each subsequent move also takes half the time, as well as half the distance. This way you will, in fact, reach point B. Work it out!

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