City A and City C are both 9,000 miles from Boise, Idaho. Which is farther from City A?
a) Boise
b) City C
c) not enough information to determine the answer.
not enough information.
cities a and c can be anything from 0 to 18,000 miles from each other.
well, it depends on how you measure the distance.
If you go through the earth to measure the distance you will get much different distances.
Also, the circumference of the Earth is only 24000 miles or so... if they were 18000 miles away they'd technically only be 6000 miles away from each other (just looking at it another way) but yeah, not enough info I think
closer to 25 grand I think. but this is a good point. I think the new question should be what is the farthest apart cities A and B can be? Assuming distance is measured on the surface, not throught the earth.
Well it's one half the major circumference of the earth, or the major diameter in the second case.
City A and City C are both 9,000 miles from Boise, Idaho. Which is farther from City A?
a) Boise
b) City C
c) not enough information to determine the answer.
not enough information.
cities a and c can be anything from 0 to 18,000 miles from each other.
well, it depends on how you measure the distance.
If you go through the earth to measure the distance you will get much different distances.
Also, the circumference of the Earth is only 24000 miles or so... if they were 18000 miles away they'd technically only be 6000 miles away from each other (just looking at it another way) but yeah, not enough info I think
closer to 25 grand I think. but this is a good point. I think the new question should be what is the farthest apart cities A and B can be? Assuming distance is measured on the surface, not throught the earth.
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City A and City C are both 9,000 miles from Boise, Idaho. Which is farther from City A?
a) Boise
b) City C
c) not enough information to determine the answer.
not enough information.
cities a and c can be anything from 0 to 18,000 miles from each other.
Yes, they lie on a circle with radius 9,000 centered on Boise. They could overlap, or they could be connected by a perfectly straight 18,000 mile road.
"The answer is Boise. Did you forget that the earth is round? No city can be more than 12,500 miles away from another city. Since the circumference of the earth is 25,000 miles, Cities A and C can be no farther than 7,000 miles apart."
City A and City C are both 9,000 miles from Boise, Idaho. Which is farther from City A?
a) Boise
b) City C
c) not enough information to determine the answer.
not enough information.
cities a and c can be anything from 0 to 18,000 miles from each other.
well, it depends on how you measure the distance.
If you go through the earth to measure the distance you will get much different distances.
Also, the circumference of the Earth is only 24000 miles or so... if they were 18000 miles away they'd technically only be 6000 miles away from each other (just looking at it another way) but yeah, not enough info I think
closer to 25 grand I think. but this is a good point. I think the new question should be what is the farthest apart cities A and B can be? Assuming distance is measured on the surface, not throught the earth.
Well it's one half the major circumference of the earth, or the major diameter in the second case.
the line AC doesn't run through the centerline of the earth
imagine a circle. with circumference 25000. 12500 is the distance from the top to the bottom.
9000 miles away puts both cities on the bottom part of the circle. where the distance is going to be less than 12500 because they are not on a major diagonal of the circle.
the line AC doesn't run through the centerline of the earth
imagine a circle. with circumference 25000. 12500 is the distance from the top to the bottom.
9000 miles away puts both cities on the bottom part of the circle. where the distance is going to be less than 12500 because they are not on a major diagonal of the circle.
12500 * pi =/= 25000
edit: wait, I can't remember if we're measuring distance along the surface or not
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the line AC doesn't run through the centerline of the earth
imagine a circle. with circumference 25000. 12500 is the distance from the top to the bottom.
9000 miles away puts both cities on the bottom part of the circle. where the distance is going to be less than 12500 because they are not on a major diagonal of the circle.
Yes, you're right. with each city being 9,000 from boise, were A and C situated opposite eachother, the distance would be 7,000 (25000-18,000). What will moving A or C to a less than 180 degree position do?
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Who says the cities can't be located in space?
"The answer is Boise. Did you forget that the earth is round? No city can be more than 12,500 miles away from another city. Since the circumference of the earth is 25,000 miles, Cities A and C can be no farther than 7,000 miles apart."
well shit. I suppose thats right, eh?
I mean, I'm pretty sure that's false but I don't normally think about spherical projection even though I work with geospatial data all day.
EDIT: Not Bama, the answer to the puzzle.
I am faced with the same question that I face every morning: To grab a nap or just stay awake.
That can't be right. If ABC is a right angle then so is CBA, which, using your logic, would imply that AB<AC as well.
Edit: A contradiction!
"the beautiful _________ was not easy to ________, because she had been exposed to many unusual situations in her career."
cb=9,000
ac=12,500
The answer is "cunt".
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the line AC doesn't run through the centerline of the earth
imagine a circle. with circumference 25000. 12500 is the distance from the top to the bottom.
9000 miles away puts both cities on the bottom part of the circle. where the distance is going to be less than 12500 because they are not on a major diagonal of the circle.
The question doesn't say what year it is.
Yea, I'm pretty comfortable calling that one wrong.
You're just looking for some sort of Gundam reference aren't you?
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Man I think I've seen one episode of Gundam anything during my lifetime.
Perhaps City A is in geosynchronous orbit above Boise, and City C is Old Boise, sealed off for fear of what the dwarves found when they dug too deep?
edit: wait, I can't remember if we're measuring distance along the surface or not
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Yes, you're right. with each city being 9,000 from boise, were A and C situated opposite eachother, the distance would be 7,000 (25000-18,000). What will moving A or C to a less than 180 degree position do?
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