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Hillbilly · 03-12-2009, 05:04 PM

If your 200 feet from your Camaro and you walk 100 feet you will then be half way their. So if every time you go halfway you have halfway left to go how will you ever get to your car?

*Milk 1027* · 03-12-2009, 05:10 PM

theoretically it is impossible. Your number will ony get smaller but you will never touch the car.
However I doubt anyone is dumb enough to not reach out and grab the handle.

numbers: 200, 100, 50, 25, 12.5, 6.25, 3.125, 1.5625, .78125, .390625, .1953125, .0976....... etc. the number will never reach 0.

zebra · 03-12-2009, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hillbilly

If your 200 feet from your Camaro and you walk 100 feet you will then be half way their. So if every time you go halfway you have halfway left to go how will you ever get to your car?

my 200 feet? and how does walking 100ft make me halfway belong to somebody?

i'm just picking!

i guess, at some point, you'll eventually be close enough to just go 100% of the way there instead of halfway.

Silver Streak · 03-12-2009, 08:22 PM

Other than your cool Avitar, that was really dumb!

Zabo · 03-12-2009, 08:28 PM

Oh the Halflife thing.. THATS WHY THE RUSSIANS CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS! XD

I wonder what will happen when two Camaros collide? Will we have Camaro Fission? We may very well be dealing with WMDs with LS3s.

*CamaroSpike23* · 03-12-2009, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Zabo

Oh the Halflife thing.. THATS WHY THE RUSSIANS CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS! XD

I wonder what will happen when two Camaros collide? Will we have Camaro Fission? We may very well be dealing with WMDs with LS3s.

but would that be an LS6 or an LS9 (if going by squares?)

mmelson · 03-12-2009, 09:23 PM

Don't worry! Math says you'll get there. =)

See, you can model your distance from the car as 1 / 2^n, where n is the number of "halfways" you've gone. If you take the limit as n approaches infinity, you get 0, which means you will have your hands on a brand new Camaro eventually!

Ok, I'm done nerding out now. =)

marticus24 · 03-12-2009, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by mmelson

Don't worry! Math says you'll get there. =)

See, you can model your distance from the car as 1 / 2^n, where n is the number of "halfways" you've gone. If you take the limit as n approaches infinity, you get 0, which means you will have your hands on a brand new Camaro eventually!

Ok, I'm done nerding out now. =)

Ahhhh flashbacks from calc 1.

*DGthe3* · 03-13-2009, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

If your 200 feet from your Camaro and you walk 100 feet you will then be half way their. So if every time you go halfway you have halfway left to go how will you ever get to your car?

Oh the problems posed by math nerds . . . ignore the theoretical and deal with the practical.

Problem solving:

s= start = 0 ft
e= end = 200 ft
d= distance required to walk = 200 ft
m = midpoint = (e-s)/2 = (200-0)/2 = 100 ft

2 x m = d

so walk 100 ft twice and you're there

. ερτω

zebra · 03-13-2009, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DGthe3

Oh the problems posed by math nerds . . . ignore the theoretical and deal with the practical.

Problem solving:

s= start = 0 ft
e= end = 200 ft
d= distance required to walk = 200 ft
m = midpoint = (e-s)/2 = (200-0)/2 = 100 ft

2 x m = d

so walk 100 ft twice and you're there

. ερτω

i knew this was eventually coming...

Sterling · 03-13-2009, 10:02 PM

Why would anyone stop half way?

SandiCandi · 03-13-2009, 10:04 PM

JUMP

Redwolf20 · 03-14-2009, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

but would that be an LS6 or an LS9 (if going by squares?)

Atomic style LS9 maybe?

At least we wouldn't have to worry about supercharging it lol

Number 3 · 03-14-2009, 10:41 AM

All I know is eventually you would be close enough to grab the door handle and once you can do that all hell breaks loose.

Assuming you have a key of course.

03-12-2009, 05:04 PM	#1
Hillbilly Rider of the short BUS Drives: Ukon/F350(work)/Intruder800 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: London, KY Posts: 268	Camaro Science If your 200 feet from your Camaro and you walk 100 feet you will then be half way their. So if every time you go halfway you have halfway left to go how will you ever get to your car? __________________ SIM with CGM rallies

03-12-2009, 05:10 PM	#2
Milk 1027 Camaro➎ moderator Drives: '13 BLK 1LE Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AZ Posts: 13,567 View My Garage	theoretically it is impossible. Your number will ony get smaller but you will never touch the car. However I doubt anyone is dumb enough to not reach out and grab the handle. numbers: 200, 100, 50, 25, 12.5, 6.25, 3.125, 1.5625, .78125, .390625, .1953125, .0976....... etc. the number will never reach 0. __________________

03-12-2009, 08:22 PM	#4
Silver Streak Drives: 2008 Cobalt SS/TC Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Smyrna Bch. Florida Posts: 1,449 View My Garage	Other than your cool Avitar, that was really dumb! __________________ *"What? You wanna lay the fate of the world on that kids Camaro? That's cool!"* *"The future is in the windshield, not the rear-view mirror!"* *"If you haven't gone a 175 mph on land, you haven't lived! That's just a fact!" - Ricky Bobby*

03-13-2009, 10:04 PM	#12
SandiCandi Drives: 2010 Camaro Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA Posts: 163	Just.... JUMP __________________ On order - one kick a$$ 2010 2SS Black/Black manual with 21in chrome

03-14-2009, 10:41 AM	#14
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,301 View My Garage	All I know is eventually you would be close enough to grab the door handle and once you can do that all hell breaks loose. Assuming you have a key of course. __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

03-12-2009, 08:28 PM	#5
Zabo Gunning for Sixth Drives: '03 ZR2 Blazer Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Woodhaven, Michigan Posts: 9,358 View My Garage	Oh the Halflife thing.. THATS WHY THE RUSSIANS CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS! XD I wonder what will happen when two Camaros collide? Will we have Camaro Fission? We may very well be dealing with WMDs with LS3s.

03-12-2009, 09:23 PM	#7
mmelson Drives: 2003 Tacoma Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Framingham, MA Posts: 33	Don't worry! Math says you'll get there. =) See, you can model your distance from the car as 1 / 2^n, where n is the number of "halfways" you've gone. If you take the limit as n approaches infinity, you get 0, which means you will have your hands on a brand new Camaro eventually! Ok, I'm done nerding out now. =)

03-13-2009, 10:02 PM	#11
Sterling Drives: 2010 Camaro 1LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fairhaven, MA Posts: 5,882 View My Garage	Why would anyone stop half way?

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