/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.2347621]

an arrow shot travels the half of the original distance, and then it travels another half of the distance, example: arrow shot from 10m it will travel half of that which is 5m, then another half of that which is 2.5m, half of that 2.5/2m, half of that..... etc.
QUESTION: does the arrow hits you?

[EK !D96TK2PSsI No.2347632]

by 'you' being less than 10M away.

[Anonymous No.2347641]

Yes.

[i-love-EK !GQ5PBsOFOI No.2347642]

>>2347632
+1

[EK !D96TK2PSsI No.2347647]

>>2347642
lol, hus this?

[Anonymous No.2347650]

Question: An arrow is fired that will travel 20m. You're standing 10m away from the point of origin. The arrow hits you and you die.

[Anonymous No.2347655]

but the arrow travels half the distance each time!!!!!

[Anonymous No.2347661]

you're attempting to misrepresent the infinite divisibility of time as the infinite divisibility of space

[Anonymous No.2347680]

if the distance is less than 10m you die
otherwise you survive

[Anonymous No.2347686]

>>2347661
This. Is this old greece or what?

When the arrow hits, I hope it gets you on the nuts for being a troll.

[Anonymous No.2347716]

We are going to have to go with units of speed not distance here.

Over what intervals of time does the arrow travel the aforementioned distances?

[Anonymous No.2347727]

>>2347621
I hope I'm not the only one who doesn't understand this paradox. I don't even know WHAT the paradox is supposed to be. It doesn't make any fucking difference if the arrow has to keep travelling half the distance, its speed doesn't change so neither does its rate of progress.

Have I missed something?

[i-love-EK !GQ5PBsOFOI No.2347737]

>>2347647
Just feel like stalking you today. I posted the thread asking if you ever posted pics of yourself some time last week.

[EK !D96TK2PSsI No.2347782]

>>2347737
oh.
okay.

[Anonymous No.2347807]

>>2347737
>>2347782

[notpascal !M9OYtMlZJ. No.2347815]

>>2347737
Let's stalk pascal instead

[Anonymous No.2347837]

>>2347727
the problem is supposed to be that the arrow is so busy going half of the remaining distance to the target, that it never actually reaches the target

[Anonymous No.2347863]

>>2347621

It doesn't travel half the original distance, because before it does that, it has to travel a quarter of the distance. And before it travels a quarter of the distance, it has to travel an eight of the distance, and so on. In conclusion, you can't even shoot the arrow.

[Anonymous No.2347871]

>>2347837
>busy going half of the remaining distance

I don't think that's how arrows work, though.

[Anonymous No.2347917]

Google this:
Zeno's paradoxes

(pic related)

[Anonymous No.2347941]

>>2347917
A nice thought, but too bad it's flawed.