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I remember as a kid asking how many possible speeds there are between 60 mph and 0 mph. Infinite right? So how does the car get from 60 to stopped when mom hits
by johnsanders 2y ago
I remember as a kid asking how many possible speeds there are between 60 mph and 0 mph. Infinite right? So how does the car get from 60 to stopped when mom hits the brakes?
- transfire 2y agoZeno’s paradox.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> how does the car get from 60 to stopped when mom hits the brakes? The sum of an infinite series can be finite [1]. [1] https://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/uploaded/mc-ty-convergence-2009-1.pdf https://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/uploaded/mc-ty-conver...
- wzyoi 2y agoNot infinite if we take into the account that we have a physical car. Speed many but not infinite steps. Everything is infinite if we think this way.
- ruthmarx 2y agoThat you can split any finite length into an infinite amount does not equate to having to traverse infinite numbers.
- mensetmanusman 2y agoIn the same way a single second occurs.
- cloudking 2y agoThe car (and people) never truly stop moving, the earth is in orbit, spinning and rotating around the galaxy.