Skip to Navigation
Home
  • about Plus
  • support Plus
  • Plus sponsors
  • subscribe to Plus
  • terms of use

Cleopatra the Demented solution

Submitted by plusadmin on May 1, 1999
May 1999

The answer is 12km.

It should only take a couple of lines to get this answer - if you did it with an infinite series then think again as there's a much quicker way!

  • Add new comment
  • Home
  • Articles
  • Careers
  • Blog
  • News
  • Packages
  • Podcasts
  • Posters
  • Puzzles
  • Reviews
Science fiction, science fact: reports from the frontiers of physics
What is time? What is space? What's the role of chance in the universe? Join Plus and FQXi on a journey...
view
Does it pay to be nice? – the maths of altruism part ii
It does pay to be nice if you repeatedly deal with the same person. Martin Nowak explains why cooperation...
view
Does it pay to be clever?
Why are we so clever? In evolutionary terms this isn't obvious: evolution tends to favour cheap solutions and...
view
Science fiction, science fact: Is there free will?
Is there such a thing as free will? In everyday life we all assume that there is: it's up to you whether you...
view
Outer space: Canoeing and Kayaking
A simple question to ask about kayak races is whether having lots of paddlers helps or slows the boat down?...
view

Login to comment or download PDFs

  • Create new account
  • Request new password
Syndicate content

Cambridge University logo