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Old 04-21-2022, 10:43 PM   #901
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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG View Post
Speaking of solving things. I had this video pop up on my youtube recommended about a question sent to Einstein by a friend of his in 1924.

You have a car traveling 2 miles up over a hill. The first mile the car averages 15mph. How fast does the car have to go in the second mile to average 30mph for the entire two miles?
To average 30mph over 2 miles, you'd have to cover that distance in 4 minutes. If the first mile was done at 15mph, that single mile took 4 minutes. Is 'infinite' a speed?
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