There are many problems in mathematics which can only be solved if u avoid points of singularity, which in this case is at s=0....hence for all practical...
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Prashant Kothari
pk7ul
Jul 25, 2002 10:15 am
Unfortunately, no unique solution exists for this problem...and I can proove that. Unless, of course, u know the initial velocity.. ... ...
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Prashant Kothari
pk7ul
Jul 25, 2002 10:04 am
But at t=0, s should be equal to 0, which is not satisfied by this solution! Prashant ... ...
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Mayur G.
mayur_dilwala
Jul 24, 2002 7:11 am
right answer congrats star bursa <bursa9@...> wrote: he needs only 2 man. the first one goes and comes back from 1 day distance leaving his 2 days foot...
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ian docherty
icdocherty
Jul 23, 2002 5:02 pm
Sorry, that does not work. Instead: Man 1 goes to day one marker. Leaves 2 days food. Uses 1 days food to get back. Man 2 then goes to day 2 marker and leaves...
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star bursa
bursa9
Jul 23, 2002 12:38 pm
he needs only 2 man. the first one goes and comes back from 1 day distance leaving his 2 days foot thereand comes back to the willage. and then the second man ...
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Mayur G.
mayur_dilwala
Jul 23, 2002 9:14 am
Hi Friends, A expeditioner or discoverer wants to cross a desert walking by foot. the journey will take six days, but a man can only carry water & food for...
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Amir Esufally
amir@...
Jul 23, 2002 3:49 am
Here is the solution to the puzzle... By the problem statement s->distance travelled t-> time taken => s = v at every instant of time => s =ds / dt =>dt =...
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Amir Esufally
amir@...
Jul 23, 2002 3:49 am
I think we need to use calculus here. If we consider the first second , in that very second the speed is not constant. It is continuously changing. Indrajit ...
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Amir Esufally
amir@...
Jul 23, 2002 3:49 am
<<I have mentioned in the puzzle that he has some initial velocity....at the starting point (ie., at 0 distance from the start)...at the very next moment he...
940
Lance K Green
lkgzzz2000
Jul 22, 2002 1:36 pm
<<I have mentioned in the puzzle that he has some initial velocity....at the starting point (ie., at 0 distance from the start)...at the very next moment he...
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Indrajit SenGupta
indrajitsg@...
Jul 22, 2002 12:04 pm
I think we need to use calculus here. If we consider the first second , in that very second the speed is not constant. It is continuously changing. Indrajit ...
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Vijaykumar Nayak (RBI...
vvn_india
Jul 22, 2002 11:46 am
Here is the solution to the puzzle... By the problem statement s->distance travelled t-> time taken => s = v at every instant of time => s =ds / dt =>dt =...
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Reden Garcia Rodriguez
lordreden
Jul 22, 2002 3:24 am
i didnt see the first part of the puzzle, if he travels one meter per second then on the first second he travels one meter, two meters on the second second ...
936
Vijaykumar Nayak (RBI...
vvn_india
Jul 22, 2002 3:17 am
I have mentioned in the puzzle that he has some initial velocity....at the starting point (ie., at 0 diatance from the start)...at the very next moment he has...
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Lance K Green
lkgzzz2000
Jul 20, 2002 10:45 pm
<<how much time does he need to cover the distance?>> << <<Half an hour>> My second answer is that he never reaches his destination because his speed at the...
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Shane
Red_Wookie
Jul 20, 2002 1:34 am
He never will. His starting point is 0.0 km from the starting point. His initial velocity is 0.0 kph therefore he never leaves the starting point since his ...
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Lance K Green
lkgzzz2000
Jul 19, 2002 9:26 pm
<<how much time does he need to cover the distance?>> Half an hour LKG...
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Vijaykumar Nayak (RBI...
vvn_india
Jul 19, 2002 8:14 am
A man starts with some initial velocity...He has to travel a distance of 1km. He has decided to travel at a the velocity such that, at each point of time...
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Swamy Venkat
swamy_vrl
Jul 17, 2002 7:46 am
Dear Puzzlers, Here is the naive solution I could think of: Step 1. Enclose the valuable object in the box, lock the box with a lock on the key ring and keep...
930
Vijaykumar Nayak (RBI...
vvn_india
Jul 17, 2002 4:17 am
Hello, I see that there is a drastic fall in the level of interaction within the group... to crank things up again i have a puzzle in here.. You want to send...
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Balci, Metin
davutmetinbalci
Jul 9, 2002 11:58 am
Yellow + yellow means a red card. :) ... From: mgry2k [mailto:mgry2k@...] Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 7:36 PM To: puzzles@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
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mgry2k
Jul 9, 2002 11:51 am
Assuming All EVEN numbers are green and All Odd numbers are yellow, What color is yellow + yellow? Answer to Puzzle: Green. Odd number + Odd number = Even...
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a_81_modelau
Jul 9, 2002 11:50 am
Hi! I am disabled and houseboud and happy but am bored stupid and want to make a go of my own site on the net. I have written 3 sections, the main one being...
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Vijaykumar Nayak (RBI...
vvn_india
Jul 3, 2002 6:19 am
I have already mailed with the solution saying that the Answer given are correct which say dissolving a solute in to the lake!! ... From: Prashant Kothari...
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Prashant Kothari
pk7ul
Jul 3, 2002 6:11 am
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ian
icdocherty
Jul 2, 2002 10:47 pm
... plane at the ... bullet would ... They would hit at the same time. ... water. If the ... happen to ... The water level would drop. In the dish the marble...
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Lance K Green
lkgzzz2000
Jul 2, 2002 12:38 pm
<<If a bullet were fired from a gun pointed horizontally across a horizontal plane at the same instance that another bullet were dropped from the same height....
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Vijaykumar Nayak (RBI...
vvn_india
Jul 2, 2002 3:50 am
1)By law of gravity... because both the bullets will be under free fall both of them must touch the ground simultaneously(If air friction is neglected). 2)The...
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ian
icdocherty
Jul 1, 2002 8:04 pm
If a bullet were fired from a gun pointed horizontally across a horizontal plane at the same instance that another bullet were dropped from the same height....
