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alien
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John and Mark are jogging. Mark stops because his lace was untied. While he was tying his sneaker John asked him to borrow him $3000 again. Mark says: "Two men are standing near each other and they start to run in the same direction. They are both running at the same speed but the distance between them after 5 seconds was grater than 5 meters. If you can explain this I will lend you the money." Needless to say, Mark lends him the money.
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Re: Runner
« Reply #1 on: May 13th, 2005, 10:49am » |
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Was the 5m distance vertical? For example one of them ran off the edge of a cliff, or one of them ran up a ramp...
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Re: Runner
« Reply #2 on: May 13th, 2005, 11:37am » |
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They started from the north pole with their backs to each other and both ran due south
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on May 13th, 2005, 10:49am, SMQ wrote:| Was the 5m distance vertical? For example one of them ran off the edge of a cliff, or one of them ran up a ramp... |
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Nice try SMQ but I hadn't that in mind.
on May 13th, 2005, 11:37am, honkyboy wrote:| They started from the north pole with their backs to each other and both ran due south |
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I've decided to accept your neat answer honkyboy.
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Re: Runner
« Reply #4 on: May 13th, 2005, 3:46pm » |
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on May 13th, 2005, 1:27pm, alien wrote:
I've decided to accept your neat answer honkyboy. But what if they were in, say, Ohio?
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So, was that your intended answer?
Regrding Ohio, did they start running at the same time?
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Re: Runner
« Reply #5 on: May 14th, 2005, 12:24am » |
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You say they start in the same direction at the same speed, but you don't say that they continue. Perhaps one or both change direction, speed, or maybe one of them trips.
Also, I assume "standing near" each other means less than 2 meters or so?
If they run really fast (miles per second), two close paths will naturally diverge by the curvature of the Earth.
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Re: Runner
« Reply #6 on: May 14th, 2005, 12:29am » |
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Perhaps one of them was running on a gym's running machine (hence stayed still), and the other ran on ground and moved forward.
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Re: Runner
« Reply #7 on: May 14th, 2005, 3:16pm » |
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well they ran down a street and a car came so to avoid getting hit they spilt 5 meters apart from one another
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Re: Runner
« Reply #8 on: Sep 11th, 2006, 2:28pm » |
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They both ran forward.....but....kdllfjsiokdla........................................ ...................and.........................it's gone
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Re: Runner
« Reply #9 on: Sep 11th, 2006, 2:51pm » |
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One had a greater acceleration until 5 seconds, when he reached a constant velocity equal to that of the other?
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Re: Runner
« Reply #10 on: Sep 11th, 2006, 8:37pm » |
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I agree with BNC's last post. Similarly, one could be running on a moving walkway, or any other surface that creates a reference frame different from the other jogger.
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I get goose pimples because of this riddle. On what page did you dig it out?  btw, I don't remember what was the intended answer. 
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Re: Runner
« Reply #12 on: Sep 12th, 2006, 5:15am » |
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One of them is running on the other's head?
One of them is running on ice? (and the other is not, of course)
They are running on parallel lanes on a circle?
They are both running ... out of fuel, but one has a larger tank?
They are 1km high mutant ants (due to some radioactive accident) and they started 10m apart, which is considered near?
They are running for presidency but one of them stopped for recounting the votes?
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Re: Runner
« Reply #13 on: Sep 12th, 2006, 9:10am » |
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I like the ice answer. If one is running on solid ground, and the other on ice -- or a treadmill, or something like that -- then they'd end up far apart but be going the same rate.
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Re: Runner
« Reply #14 on: Sep 12th, 2006, 1:49pm » |
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It was last posted on 2005, i think i found it on page 6/7.....?
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How did you do that? I thought only aliens could go back in time.  
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Re: Runner
« Reply #16 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 2:34pm » |
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on Jul 20th, 2006, 6:45pm, alien wrote:
Don't you be taking me literally, because I am a mysterious riddler, just like my riddles. If you take me literally, I land on you with my silver saucer. Twenty five times. Then I land near you, get out of my saucer and zap you with my plasma gun just to be sure. Then I get back into my saucer, land on you again, twenty five times, and get back to Mars. Then I connect to wu forum, and tell you that I have landed on you 50 times, and zapped you, just in case you survived but have amnesia, and don't remember this.
Cheers Roy. Sure hope you like my twisted sense of humor, because if not, you probably hate me now. 
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on Jul 20th, 2006, 7:16pm, Roy wrote:| I'm slightly lost in the space between liking and hating your twisted sense of humor. But i never said i was human either, iceman. but no, i am not an alien. i am just.....something else......okay i think i liked the joke now. . |
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I would've thought you remember that well,
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Re: Runner
« Reply #17 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 2:36pm » |
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btw, up near the top of the page you accepted honkeyboy's neat answer. or was that also not your originally intended answer
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Re: Runner
« Reply #18 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 2:38pm » |
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or did the person with the grater slip, making the distance 5m or more?
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alien
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Maybe some day you tell me about your specie. But don't tell me that you are predator.
I think it is comming back to me.. yes, I think BNC's answer was the intended answer. I prefer honkyboy's answer myself. Of course, it is better if a riddle has one answer.
And what of this nostalgia about old riddles? There are two new Hellraiser riddles still waiting to be solved. I am starting to think you dislike Hellraiser riddles, but that is not possible. Is it?
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alien
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Since new ideas are suggested, how about this one: when they are running, both have the same speed, but one of them stopped because his lace was untied. So while he was tying his sneaker, the other one was sprinting like hell. After hi tied his sneaker, he continued sprinting, but could not make up for the lost time, because both are running at the same speed.  Deedlit thought of this first.
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Re: Runner
« Reply #21 on: Sep 14th, 2006, 1:26pm » |
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Well then him stopping would make his speed equal zero, while the other was moving at a faster speed, so the speeds were definitely not equal.
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alien
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Deedlit thought of this, like I said. 
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