polar explorer problem
Jun. 12th, 2006 04:52 pmA polar explorer walks 1km South, then 1km East, then 1 km North to end up at the point where he started. Where can he be? How many places (solutions) are there? Can you prove it?
Comments will be screened: spoilers won't be published (at least for a while).
(As usual, my interest here is cognitive: how do people form mathematical beliefs?)
Comments will be screened: spoilers won't be published (at least for a while).
(As usual, my interest here is cognitive: how do people form mathematical beliefs?)