Drummerpete Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 @Gwennifer:> The real question is:> > How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skell Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 A brick is 1 kg plus half a kg plus 1/4 of a brick!Brick = 1 kg plus half of a brickHalf of a brick = 1/2 plus half a brick/2x = 1 + x/2x/2 = 1/2 + x/2/2x/2/2 = 1/2/2 + x/2/2/2To the infinite and beyond! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akselj Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 How did you get that quarter of a brick in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skell Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 @Aksel:> How did you get that quarter of a brick in there?1 brick = 1 kg and half a brick, now half a brick must be half what a brick is, so it will be half of 1 kg and half of half a brick and so the loop begins as you will then half the half of the half brick to find out what half of a half brick is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzo Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 No, a brick is equal to 1kg + half of the bricks weight.This problem has already been solved, read page 1 to get the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusy Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Ducking magnets… how do they work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balliztik1 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 @Skell:> @Aksel:> > > How did you get that quarter of a brick in there?> > 1 brick = 1 kg and half a brick, now half a brick must be half what a brick is, so it will be half of 1 kg and half of half a brick and so the loop begins as you will then half the half of the half brick to find out what half of a half brick is.Aye, and that's where you use Calculus to determine what that infinite recursion equals. That's what Zeta did on the first page. It's 2.Or, stop overcomplicating it and just subtract half a brick from both sides and you find that half a brick equals one kilogram, and it's simple from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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