Frogger Math [modified]
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Frogger sits twenty feet from a wall. He has just eaten two (slow roasted) flies. ;P Now he sees another fly at the base of the wall! On his first jump, he has the energy to jump half the distance to the wall. (ten feet) :doh: All subsequent jumping power is also cut in half. :(( Question: How many jumps will it take for Frogger to reach the wall? (This is a DISTANCE question, not a "eat the fly" question)
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modified on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:33 AM
42 :)
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42 :)
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Well thats a long tongue :laugh:
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Frogger sits twenty feet from a wall. He has just eaten two (slow roasted) flies. ;P Now he sees another fly at the base of the wall! On his first jump, he has the energy to jump half the distance to the wall. (ten feet) :doh: All subsequent jumping power is also cut in half. :(( Question: How many jumps will it take for Frogger to reach the wall? (This is a DISTANCE question, not a "eat the fly" question)
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
modified on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:33 AM
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Frogger sits twenty feet from a wall. He has just eaten two (slow roasted) flies. ;P Now he sees another fly at the base of the wall! On his first jump, he has the energy to jump half the distance to the wall. (ten feet) :doh: All subsequent jumping power is also cut in half. :(( Question: How many jumps will it take for Frogger to reach the wall? (This is a DISTANCE question, not a "eat the fly" question)
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
modified on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:33 AM
What’s Frogger? A male frog, a man who breeding frogs or someone who is sexually attracted from frogs?
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Until he is a tongue length away?
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And the fly!? Does the fly not anticipate certain doom?! Someone needs to warn the fly! Shoe fly, shoe!
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What’s Frogger? A male frog, a man who breeding frogs or someone who is sexually attracted from frogs?
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You've never played Frogger?!! I thought everyone grew up playing Frogger. No wonder your warped. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogger[^]
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
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And the fly!? Does the fly not anticipate certain doom?! Someone needs to warn the fly! Shoe fly, shoe!
I never saw a shoe fly. I saw a house fly, I saw a horse fly, but I just gone seen about ev'ry ting when I see some footwear fly!
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And the fly!? Does the fly not anticipate certain doom?! Someone needs to warn the fly! Shoe fly, shoe!
TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
Shoe fly, shoe!
I think that's pronounced: "Shoo"! Please don't get an ambition to write a spell checker!! :laugh:
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TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
Shoe fly, shoe!
I think that's pronounced: "Shoo"! Please don't get an ambition to write a spell checker!! :laugh:
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
You mean it is spelt shoo?
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Frogger sits twenty feet from a wall. He has just eaten two (slow roasted) flies. ;P Now he sees another fly at the base of the wall! On his first jump, he has the energy to jump half the distance to the wall. (ten feet) :doh: All subsequent jumping power is also cut in half. :(( Question: How many jumps will it take for Frogger to reach the wall? (This is a DISTANCE question, not a "eat the fly" question)
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
modified on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:33 AM
because I'm bored I'd go with 6
As barmey as a sack of badgers
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Frogger sits twenty feet from a wall. He has just eaten two (slow roasted) flies. ;P Now he sees another fly at the base of the wall! On his first jump, he has the energy to jump half the distance to the wall. (ten feet) :doh: All subsequent jumping power is also cut in half. :(( Question: How many jumps will it take for Frogger to reach the wall? (This is a DISTANCE question, not a "eat the fly" question)
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
modified on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:33 AM
Frogger is an infinate number of jumps from the wall, because, given enough decimal places, any positive finate number divided by 2 will always produce a value greater that zero.
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You mean it is spelt shoo?
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Allways remmber to spel your wordds write. :-D
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
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Frogger is an infinate number of jumps from the wall, because, given enough decimal places, any positive finate number divided by 2 will always produce a value greater that zero.
Steve Jowett ------------------------- Real Programmers don't need comments -- the code is obvious.
Right on my man! It's amazing how many people don't get it. This was a question that I dug out of an old college math book. (Your hired!) :)
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
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Frogger is an infinate number of jumps from the wall, because, given enough decimal places, any positive finate number divided by 2 will always produce a value greater that zero.
Steve Jowett ------------------------- Real Programmers don't need comments -- the code is obvious.
Absolutely. It's the age-old scenario: A gorgeous woman of limited attire is placed dead centre of a room. In one corner is the worlds best mathematician, in the other the worlds best physisist. A man announces the rules, "You will take turns approaching the woman. For each turn you get to move half the distance between you and the woman.". The mathematician promptly leaves, stating "with those rules I'll never get there!". The physisist stayes. When asked why he stays after hearing the mathematicians argument, he states "I'll sure as hell get close enough to make an approximate experiment!". //L
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I never saw a shoe fly. I saw a house fly, I saw a horse fly, but I just gone seen about ev'ry ting when I see some footwear fly!
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Dalek Dave wrote:
but I just gone seen about ev'ry ting when I see some footwear fly!
You mean the wife has never heaved a shoe at you? Not once? C'mon, we won't tell. :-D
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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Frogger sits twenty feet from a wall. He has just eaten two (slow roasted) flies. ;P Now he sees another fly at the base of the wall! On his first jump, he has the energy to jump half the distance to the wall. (ten feet) :doh: All subsequent jumping power is also cut in half. :(( Question: How many jumps will it take for Frogger to reach the wall? (This is a DISTANCE question, not a "eat the fly" question)
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
modified on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:33 AM
If his mouth extends over his feet, he'll get there eventually. If his mouth is over or behind his feet, he'll never get there. The same goes with his tongue. Also, since the fly is three dimensional, the forgger will reach it eventually. If it's just a shadow of a fly, no amount of jumping will help.
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Frogger sits twenty feet from a wall. He has just eaten two (slow roasted) flies. ;P Now he sees another fly at the base of the wall! On his first jump, he has the energy to jump half the distance to the wall. (ten feet) :doh: All subsequent jumping power is also cut in half. :(( Question: How many jumps will it take for Frogger to reach the wall? (This is a DISTANCE question, not a "eat the fly" question)
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
modified on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:33 AM
Richard Blythe wrote:
Question: How many jumps will it take for Frogger to reach the wall?
He'll never get there.
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Right on my man! It's amazing how many people don't get it. This was a question that I dug out of an old college math book. (Your hired!) :)
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
Or they just realized that an infinite series or harmonic series question is Calculus 101 and is borderline pedestrian and no fun to bother with. However, considering the question involved frogs you have to consider that a Frog has a minimum non-zero jumping distance or are we in a perfect, frictionless vacuum with a frog who occupies a point in space and not a volume?
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I never saw a shoe fly. I saw a house fly, I saw a horse fly, but I just gone seen about ev'ry ting when I see some footwear fly!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Dumbo!