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Quoted: Not sure how I missed that, but yes, we said the same thing. An average speed is just a simple way to visualize it since that gives you a constant slope. But *any* continuous function (in this case, nondecreasing or nonincreasing) will work. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Not sure how I missed that, but yes, we said the same thing. An average speed is just a simple way to visualize it since that gives you a constant slope. But *any* continuous function (in this case, nondecreasing or nonincreasing) will work. The op states the speed does increase and decrease and he even rests Quoted: He may speed up, slow down, even stop to rest, but he doesn't leave the path. You cant solve any equation with an unknown variable. The unknown is his speed on both days, we only know his over all average is 12 hours of time. So with that the only math you can say is he started and finished at the same time and he traveled the same distance. At no point can you state where on the mountain he was either day, so it can not be proven. |
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I honestly do not understand how people get this wrong. Two things matter. Same path, and leave at the same time. Nothing else matters. So the concept of visualizing one on top and one on bottom leaving at the same time, can only lead you(or anyone with a working brain) to realize that that they would have to cross paths. Crossing paths means they are at the same place and time. JFC people are dumb.
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Quoted: This kid explains it in a way that should allow anybody to understand. Now, no more welching. ![]() View Quote ![]() The kid in the video misstates the riddle (the original version?) Instead of 8am to 8pm, he says sunrise to sunset, with several days between up and down trips. Since sunrise and sunset do not occur at precisely the same time every day, it is possible for no intersection to take place, given an extremely high rate of ascent/ descent. I’m technically correct, which is the best kind of correct. But the riddle in OP specified the times, so rendering intersection unavoidable |
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Quoted: The op states the speed does increase and decrease and he even rests You cant solve any equation with an unknown variable. The unknown is his speed on both days, we only know his over all average is 12 hours of time. So with that the only math you can say is he started and finished at the same time and he traveled the same distance. At no point can you state where on the mountain he was either day, so it can not be proven. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Not sure how I missed that, but yes, we said the same thing. An average speed is just a simple way to visualize it since that gives you a constant slope. But *any* continuous function (in this case, nondecreasing or nonincreasing) will work. The op states the speed does increase and decrease and he even rests Quoted: He may speed up, slow down, even stop to rest, but he doesn't leave the path. You cant solve any equation with an unknown variable. The unknown is his speed on both days, we only know his over all average is 12 hours of time. So with that the only math you can say is he started and finished at the same time and he traveled the same distance. At no point can you state where on the mountain he was either day, so it can not be proven. You missed a very important piece of information. He traveled the same exact path in opposite directions. His paths met at one point somewhere, 24 hours apart. |
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Quoted: But first the op says they are not traveling at the same speed and its variable with speeds and rests. Plus it is not two monks walking to each other, it is one walking the opposite path he did the day before. Different speeds at any points means he can not be at the same point at the same time as he was the day before. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: @FS7, I posted all the equations on page 4 post 17 and included an example. However, StaccatoC2 claims toward the end of page 5 that they aren't correct because I used an average speed instead of variable. So, I think, in his mind, 2 trains that started moving at the same time going in opposite directions toward each other on the same track would not hit each other if they varied their speeds. They would only be in the same spot at the same time if they each maintained a constant speed. I don't know what else to say. But first the op says they are not traveling at the same speed and its variable with speeds and rests. Plus it is not two monks walking to each other, it is one walking the opposite path he did the day before. Different speeds at any points means he can not be at the same point at the same time as he was the day before. Regarding variable speeds and resting: If you don't get the concept using an average speed, why would we expect you to get it using variable speeds and rests? Two monks vs one: monk1 is the monk going up and monk2 is the same monk going down. Does it matter if they were the same monk on different days or two Monks on the same day? They are walking the same path and will cross each other on their ways to the opposite end of the path. Varying speeds on the different days: This just makes the calculation more convoluted. They both start walking at time 0. At time 1, up walking monk is at Ud1. Down walking monk is at Dd1. At time x. The distances are Udx and Ddx. At some point in time, let's say n, the monks will be at the same point on the path depending on how fast they walked and how long they rested. Udn would equal Ddn. Do you understand the train example? |
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Quoted: This shit is embarrassing. My first grade daughter understands the riddle. She’s not a welcher either. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: You should have been around for the airplane / treadmill thing. GD is REALLY dumb. This shit is embarrassing. My first grade daughter understands the riddle. She’s not a welcher either. Obviously not. Please explain that the (2) paths occur on differing days... ...and that there is no 'x' |
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Quoted: But first the op says they are not traveling at the same speed and its variable with speeds and rests. Plus it is not two monks walking to each other, it is one walking the opposite path he did the day before. Different speeds at any points means he can not be at the same point at the same time as he was the day before. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: @FS7, I posted all the equations on page 4 post 17 and included an example. However, StaccatoC2 claims toward the end of page 5 that they aren't correct because I used an average speed instead of variable. So, I think, in his mind, 2 trains that started moving at the same time going in opposite directions toward each other on the same track would not hit each other if they varied their speeds. They would only be in the same spot at the same time if they each maintained a constant speed. I don't know what else to say. But first the op says they are not traveling at the same speed and its variable with speeds and rests. Plus it is not two monks walking to each other, it is one walking the opposite path he did the day before. Different speeds at any points means he can not be at the same point at the same time as he was the day before. "Different speeds at any points means he can not be at the same point at the same time as he was the day before." Lets give 'em different speeds. Height of the mountain is 12. Uphill monk speed is 1 per hour. Uphill monk gets to the top in 12 hours (8am-8pm). Downhill monk speed is 2 per hour. Downhill monk gets to the bottom in 6 hours (8am-2pm). We'll come back to him being early. Uphill monk: 0 @ 8am 1 @ 9am 2 @ 10am 3 @ 11am 4 @ 12pm 5 @ 1pm 6 @ 2pm 7 @ 3pm 8 @ 4pm 9 @ 5pm 10 @ 6pm 11 @ 7pm 12 @ 8pm Downhill monk: 12 @ 8am 10 @ 9am 8 @ 10am 6 @ 11am 4 @ 12pm 2 @ 1pm @ 2pm @ 3pm @ 4pm @ 5pm @ 6pm @ 7pm @ 8pm Remember the downhill monk was gonna be early? He traveled from 12 down to 2 in 5 hours. Now he has 7 hours left to travel the remaining 2 to get to 0 (the bottom). Sounds like a walk in the park... and it should be, because at 12pm the day before when he was going up the hill he was also at height 4... @ 12pm. The same as when he was going downhill. Different speeds, same point, same time. |
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![]() the particular squiggles are irrelevant, seems to me, they have to cross at a singular point |
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Quoted: https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/021/665/DpQ9YJl.png The kid in the video misstates the riddle (the original version?) Instead of 8am to 8pm, he says sunrise to sunset, with several days between up and down trips. Since sunrise and sunset do not occur at precisely the same time every day, it is possible for no intersection to take place, given an extremely high rate of ascent/ descent. I’m technically correct, which is the best kind of correct. But the riddle in OP specified the times, so rendering intersection unavoidable View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: This kid explains it in a way that should allow anybody to understand. Now, no more welching. ![]() https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/021/665/DpQ9YJl.png The kid in the video misstates the riddle (the original version?) Instead of 8am to 8pm, he says sunrise to sunset, with several days between up and down trips. Since sunrise and sunset do not occur at precisely the same time every day, it is possible for no intersection to take place, given an extremely high rate of ascent/ descent. I’m technically correct, which is the best kind of correct. But the riddle in OP specified the times, so rendering intersection unavoidable ![]() If the days of ascent and decent are equally apart from the summer or winter solstice, sunset and sunrise would occur at precisely the same time each day. You're technically incorrect. Nice try, though, new guy. |
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Quoted: Obviously not. Please explain that the (2) paths occur on differing days... ...and that there is no 'x' View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: You should have been around for the airplane / treadmill thing. GD is REALLY dumb. This shit is embarrassing. My first grade daughter understands the riddle. She’s not a welcher either. Obviously not. Please explain that the (2) paths occur on differing days... ...and that there is no 'x' ![]() |
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Quoted: Quoted: But first the op says they are not traveling at the same speed and its variable with speeds and rests. Plus it is not two monks walking to each other, it is one walking the opposite path he did the day before. Different speeds at any points means he can not be at the same point at the same time as he was the day before. Wrong. Again. its says below he may speed up or down or rest. One morning a monk sets out at 8AM to climb a path up the mountain to reach the temple at the summit. He arrives at the temple at 8PM. He stays the night. The next day, he leaves the temple at 8AM to descend the mountain, traveling downhill, arriving at his starting point from the previous day at 8PM. The riddle: Is there a spot along the path that the monk will pass at precisely the same time of day on both trips? For the purposes of discussion: The monk does not leave the path either day. He may speed up, slow down, even stop to rest, but he doesn't leave the path. Also, "same spot" means same spot on the mountain path relative to the mountain; not space, so the Earth's rotation and path around the Sun don't affect anything for the purposes of discussion. Basically summarized: At any point on the second day, will the monk pass the same point at the exact same time that he did the previous day? |
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Quoted: its says below he may speed up or down or rest. View Quote I know the monk speeds up and slows down. I’m telling you that your assessment that it matters, is wrong. If both journeys start at the same time, the speed is irrelevant. The two trips will cross somewhere, regardless of their speeds, putting them at the same place at the same time. No more welching. |
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Quoted: https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/021/665/DpQ9YJl.png If the days of ascent and decent are equally apart from the summer or winter solstice, sunset and sunrise would occur at precisely the same time each day. You're technically incorrect. Nice try, though, new guy. View Quote You don’t get to be a dedicated and disciplined monk with quads of steel by believing in fairy tales like “winter solstice.” |
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Seems to me the phrasing of the riddle gives the answer away
The answers proffered are "yes" or "no." The answers possible depending on correct or incorrect understanding of the riddle are "yes" or "maybe." therefore, the answer is yes. |
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Yes. Graph it. Time on one axis, position on the other. One line for each day. The lines will cross.
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Quoted: Regarding variable speeds and resting: If you don't get the concept using an average speed, why would we expect you to get it using variable speeds and rests? Two monks vs one: monk1 is the monk going up and monk2 is the same monk going down. Does it matter if they were the same monk on different days or two Monks on the same day? They are walking the same path and will cross each other on their ways to the opposite end of the path. Varying speeds on the different days: This just makes the calculation more convoluted. They both start walking at time 0. At time 1, up walking monk is at Ud1. Down walking monk is at Dd1. At time x. The distances are Udx and Ddx. At some point in time, let's say n, the monks will be at the same point on the path depending on how fast they walked and how long they rested. Udn would equal Ddn. Do you understand the train example? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: @FS7, I posted all the equations on page 4 post 17 and included an example. However, StaccatoC2 claims toward the end of page 5 that they aren't correct because I used an average speed instead of variable. So, I think, in his mind, 2 trains that started moving at the same time going in opposite directions toward each other on the same track would not hit each other if they varied their speeds. They would only be in the same spot at the same time if they each maintained a constant speed. I don't know what else to say. But first the op says they are not traveling at the same speed and its variable with speeds and rests. Plus it is not two monks walking to each other, it is one walking the opposite path he did the day before. Different speeds at any points means he can not be at the same point at the same time as he was the day before. Regarding variable speeds and resting: If you don't get the concept using an average speed, why would we expect you to get it using variable speeds and rests? Two monks vs one: monk1 is the monk going up and monk2 is the same monk going down. Does it matter if they were the same monk on different days or two Monks on the same day? They are walking the same path and will cross each other on their ways to the opposite end of the path. Varying speeds on the different days: This just makes the calculation more convoluted. They both start walking at time 0. At time 1, up walking monk is at Ud1. Down walking monk is at Dd1. At time x. The distances are Udx and Ddx. At some point in time, let's say n, the monks will be at the same point on the path depending on how fast they walked and how long they rested. Udn would equal Ddn. Do you understand the train example? I think the train example is correct, if the speeds of the trains are variable, the impact location changes. The location doesn't matter, just that it will be in a different spot, if one goes faster or slower. The riddle is that they have to be in the same place on both days at the same. If A gets further in less time than B, their meeting (in space) is closer to B's starting point the day before, at the same time. Arbitrary 2 mile journey... A makes it 1 mile by 1100. B makes it 1 mile by 1100. They passed at center, same time. A makes it 1.1 mile by 1100 B makes it 1 mile by 1100 They passed earlier in Bs journey, different place, same time. |
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Unless he's a time traveling monk, he will never be at the same point in time twice.
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Any word back from the mod on a resolution?...
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Quoted: This whole graph thing is best visualized as a line segment with points at each end. The points represent the "2" monks on their common path of travel, the line. Press play and both points start heading toward one another over the course of 8 hours. Eventually some time between 1 second after starting them 8 hours later the two points are going to converge no matter their respective speed or if they sometimes set idle for hours. They will converge and that point was the common time of day they shared in the same place on the path. View Quote |
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Quoted: its says below he may speed up or down or rest. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: But first the op says they are not traveling at the same speed and its variable with speeds and rests. Plus it is not two monks walking to each other, it is one walking the opposite path he did the day before. Different speeds at any points means he can not be at the same point at the same time as he was the day before. Wrong. Again. its says below he may speed up or down or rest. One morning a monk sets out at 8AM to climb a path up the mountain to reach the temple at the summit. He arrives at the temple at 8PM. He stays the night. The next day, he leaves the temple at 8AM to descend the mountain, traveling downhill, arriving at his starting point from the previous day at 8PM. The riddle: Is there a spot along the path that the monk will pass at precisely the same time of day on both trips? For the purposes of discussion: The monk does not leave the path either day. He may speed up, slow down, even stop to rest, but he doesn't leave the path. Also, "same spot" means same spot on the mountain path relative to the mountain; not space, so the Earth's rotation and path around the Sun don't affect anything for the purposes of discussion. Basically summarized: At any point on the second day, will the monk pass the same point at the exact same time that he did the previous day? The speed of travel doesn't even matter... One person from top to bottom and bottom to top 24 hours apart, is the same as two people from top to bottom and bottom to top at the same time, so far as this riddle is concerned. Do their paths cross? Answer: yes. |
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Quoted: OP is sitting back in his recliner laughing at all of this. All going exactly as he expected. I may hate him now. ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Any word back from the mod on a resolution?... ...how about OP? OP is sitting back in his recliner laughing at all of this. All going exactly as he expected. I may hate him now. ![]() Yeah I feel poked. |
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Quoted: OP is sitting back in his recliner laughing at all of this. All going exactly as he expected. I may hate him now. ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Any word back from the mod on a resolution?... ...how about OP? OP is sitting back in his recliner laughing at all of this. All going exactly as he expected. I may hate him now. ![]() 'Some days we laugh at the jester. Other days we are the jester. Mostly, I'm glad to be just barely self-aware enough to realize the difference, even if I'm mostly the fool.' |
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Quoted: Hmm.... well I understand a bet is a bet, but this may be more trouble than it's worth for pmags. You'll have to share an address with him for starters. I'd label it a welch and move on. View Quote lol, Im not giving that dude my home address. I told him to donate ten bucks to St Jude instead. |
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Quoted: Hmm.... well I understand a bet is a bet, but this may be more trouble than it's worth for pmags. You'll have to share an address with him for starters. I'd label it a welch and move on. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Staccato did. Eh, I'm with the OP on this. It'll be way more entertaining if Staccato keeps trying to 'not-welch' by chickenscratching all the charts, graphs, and maths everyone provides. |
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Request for the admins...
You know how users have those badges under their avatars showing their military service and whatnot? Can we have a puzzle master badge and also a brainlet badge? Just go through this thread and allocate the badges appropriately. Thanks!! |
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Quoted: I can prove that there is an X In the solution. Would you agree that we could plot both paths on a graph with the x-axis being time and they y-axis being distance from the bottom? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: THERE IS NO X ... I can prove that there is an X In the solution. Would you agree that we could plot both paths on a graph with the x-axis being time and they y-axis being distance from the bottom? Have you seen his 'graphs'? Did you see what he did to an actual graph I posted? Of course he won't agree to that. Even if he did 'agree', it would be to get you to post a graph so he could alter it, or try to to get you to use some 'blank chart' he thinks doesn't violate the laws of space/time. ![]() |
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Quoted: The speed of travel doesn't even matter... One person from top to bottom and bottom to top 24 hours apart, is the same as two people from top to bottom and bottom to top at the same time, so far as this riddle is concerned. Do their paths cross? Answer: yes. View Quote yes their paths of travel will cross I agree. I just disagree they will cross at the same time AND place. |
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Quoted: Have you seen his 'graphs'? Did you see what he did to an actual graph I posted? Of course he won't agree to that. Even if he did 'agree', it would be to get you to post a graph so he could alter it, or try to to get you to use some 'blank chart' he thinks doesn't violate the laws of space/time. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/mal-660.gif View Quote Like I said a few pages ago, it's a challenge to get Ken M to admit he's trolling. |
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STILL, no one has addressed the real crux of the riddle
Changing altitude changes the effect of gravity. Gravity at the top of the mountain is less than gravity at the base of the mountain. Changing gravity changes time. For the sake of the riddle, let's say the mountain is 500,000 km high. Monk A and Monk B synchronize their watches. Monk A climbs the mountain on day 1. On day 2, Monk A starts coming down and Monk B starts going up. When they cross paths, will their picosecond watches read the same time? @StaccatoC2, get working on this. This may be your loophole to welch on the bet, legally. |
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