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the traviling monk

 
 
sauce10
 
Reply Sat 10 Apr, 2010 12:54 pm
Prove that there must be a spot along the path that the monk will pass exactly the same time of day? He leaves at 6 am. Stops to drink coffee. stops to smell flowers. stops to take a nap. stops for power bar. stops to talk with a monk. arrives at 6 pm. prays. leaves at 6 am dose the same things going down . coffee,smell flowers,take nap, power bar, talk with monk. arrives at 6 pm at bottom
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 10 Apr, 2010 07:19 pm
@sauce10,
Imagine him as two monks...one travelling down, leaving at 6.00 am and arriving at 6.00 pm, the other travelling up, leaving at 6.00 am and arriving at 6.00 pm.


Is there a point at which, inevitably, they cross each others' path?


Why, yes, there is......there is your proof.
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