Francis:
Do you think that Achilles ever catches Mark?
Zenon of Elea, too, had it
Thoh:
yes...lets say achilles runs 120 yards from the start...then mark only runs 12...so achilles is already 8 yards in front of mark (120-(100+12))...achilles will overtake mark after running 111 1/9 yards (mark will have run 11 1/9 plus 100 yards ahead so theyre even)
The key equation to work with is:
Distance = rate ?- time
From this equation, the process unfolds:
The distance Achilles travels is: D = RT
The distance Mark travels is: d = rt
Achilles' speed can be quantified: 10s = S
Achilles covers the distance: 100 + d = D
The distance Mark travels before he is caught is divided by the time he runs in order to obtain his speed.
s = d/t
The same logic applies to Achilles to yield:
S = D/T
Combining #4 and #6 we obtain: S = 10(d/t)
Combining #5 and #7 we obtain: S = (100 + d)/t
Combining #8 and #9 we obtain:
10d/t = (100 + d)/t
Solving for d gives us:
9d = 100
d = 11 1/9 yards.
Which if I'm not mistaken is what Thoh said!
Stormy:
Thought 1
Thought 2
Thought 3
. = numerous thoughts
I was trying for: It's the thought that counts, but what the
^^^^^^^^^= carrots
TTH wrote, "Why do you think he made them brown in the post?"
Brownie points for you
SATRNYE= try insane
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KA
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CE = upside down cake
"..avi.."
This one is driving me crazy!
Manager Stormy watched from the dugout as her baseball team took the field. It was the ninth inning and her boys, the Red Sox (ha! Ha!), were locked in a 9-9 tie with the A2Ker's. Stormy studied the nine players she had positioned on the field:
Simmons, Roe, Blow, Schmoe, Schmidt, Whitt, Kitt, Kent, and Kowalski.
Her attention soon became absorbed by the curious fact that her nine players wore on their uniforms the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. The more she looked at her players and their numbers, the more she noticed
Stormy's observations are given below as clues, from which you should be able to deduce who played which position, wearing which number
The outfielders' names rhymed.
The outfielders' numbers, from left field around to right, increased and were consecutive.
The names of the catcher, third baseman, and left fielder all began with the same letter.
The numbers of the catcher, first baseman, and right fielder had no curves in them.
The man with the longest name had the highest number.
The sum of the outfielders' numbers equaled the sum of the infielders'
numbers (pitcher and catcher not being considered infielders).
The number of letters in the pitcher's and catcher's names, added together, was equal to the sum of their uniform numbers.
The four infielders, reading from first base around to third, were positioned alphabetically.
The second baseman's number was half the number of letters in the center fielder's name.
C, P, 1b, 2b, ss, 3b, rf, cf, lf.
I wrote it with an extra I and L if I remember correctly (I threw the piece of paper out). I spent the entire drive both there and back (as a passenger) trying to figure it out. I couldn't come up with anything that made sense. 
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