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Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts) Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:15 PM Oct 2012

I don't get it.

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I don't get it. (Original Post) Bertha Venation Oct 2012 OP

Me neither LNM Oct 2012 #1

Frog on the log analogy Taverner Oct 2012 #2

I think it's from a mathematical problem and proof known as "Zeno's Paradox"... MiddleFingerMom Oct 2012 #3

LNM

(1,080 posts)

1. Me neither

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:19 PM

Oct 2012

and I'm usually pretty good at this stuff.

Taverner

(55,476 posts)

2. Frog on the log analogy

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:30 PM

Oct 2012

In theory, if a frog were to jump from the end of the log to the middle, and then jump to what is 50% of that, and change his jump so that he is ALWAYS jumping half of what it was, he will go on forever - since you can divide a number by 2 ad infinitum.

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)

3. I think it's from a mathematical problem and proof known as "Zeno's Paradox"...

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:39 PM

Oct 2012

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... the point being that no matter how many times you add half the previous amount to the equation,
the answer will never exceed 2.
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I prefer this punch line:
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An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar.
The first asks the bartender for a beer.
The second asks for half a beer. The third one says he wants a fourth of a beer.
The bartender interrupts, puts two beers on the bar and says: “You guys need
to learn your limits.”
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