 | Sir George Newnes, Herbert Greenhough Smith - 1908 - Liczba stron: 988
...walls, i ft. from the ceiling, as at A in the illustration, and a fly is on the opposite wall, i ft. from the floor in the centre, as shown at B. What...spider never drops or uses its web, but crawls fairly. The large majority of people are confident that the answer must be 42ft. As a matter of fact it is... | |
 | 1926 - Liczba stron: 744
...opposite wall, one foot from the floor in the centre, as shown at B. What is the shortest dislance that the spider must crawl in order to reach the fly,...spider never drops or uses its web, but crawls fairly. " The Spider and the Fly," Mr. Dudeney 's most popular " Perplexity," which came to him in an idle... | |
 | 1909 - Liczba stron: 1030
...from the ceiling, as at A, and a fly is on the opposite wall, 1 foot from the floor in the center, as shown at B. What is the shortest distance that...spider never drops or uses Its web, but crawls fairly. Solution as given on page 175, same volume. Though the problem was much discussed in the Daily Mail... | |
 | 1909 - Liczba stron: 1160
...from the ceiling, as at A, and a fly is on the opposite wall, 1 foot from the floor in the center, as shown at B. What is the shortest distance that...which remains stationary? Of course the spider never ttrops or uses its web, but crawls fairly. Solution as given on page 175, same volume. Though the problem... | |
 | Eli Maor - 2007 - Liczba stron: 296
...a fly is on the opposite wall, 1 foot from the floor in the centre, as shown at B [see fig. S10.1]. What is the shortest distance that the spider must...the spider never drops or uses its web, but crawls fairly.2 Most of us would probably suggest the "obvious," direct-line route: go 1 1 feet straight down... | |
 | 1909 - Liczba stron: 768
...walls, ift. from the ceiling, as at A in the illustration, and a fly is on the opposite wall, i ft. from the floor in the centre, as shown at B. What...spider never drops or uses its web, but crawls fairly. The large majority of people are confident that the answer must be 42ft. As a matter of fact it is... | |
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... from the ceiling, as at A, and a fly is on the opposite wall, 1 foot from the floor in the centre, as shown at B. What is the shortest distance that the spider must crawl in order to reach the fly, which remains stationary ? Of course the spider never... 