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Feb 22nd, 2003, 04:19 AM
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Infinity Qs
Ok, there has been much heated debate at my house, at which i am greatly outnumbered, at the answers to these Qs:
1)You have an (countable) infinite number of balls, numbered 1,2,3,..... etc. and a box with infinite size.
At 1/1 minute to noon, you put the balls #1->10 in the box, and take ball #1 out.
At 1/2 minute to noon, you put the balls #11->20 in the box, and take ball #2 out.
At 1/3 minute to noon, you put the balls #21->30 in the box, and take ball #3 out.
You keep doing this, i.e at 1/n minutes to noon, you put in the box balls #10n-9 -> 10n and take out ball #n
The question is: How many balls are in the box at Noon?
N.B. This is thoetical, i.e. it takes no time to put it balls/take balls out of the box.
2)If you want some more to ponder, just think about what would happen if you took the #10n-9 ball out, instead of #n. How many balls wuold be in the box at noon then??
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