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How much time would it take to go from one part of the world situated at the very left of the world map to the other part situated at the very right by using a car going at 100kmph, considering that the original distance between the two according to the map is 150,000,000 km?
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It would take less than a minute to reach it as the earth is round. A flat map always shows the opposite and longer distance considering the very left and very right parts of the world.Hide Answer Show Answer
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your teaser says how long would it take to travel from a place on the left of the map to a place on the right, there fore you are traveling from left to right, not right to left. Thus you must cover the full Distance of 150,00,00km. I know the two points on the map are right next to each other in reality, but the question does say traveling from the left of the map to the far right of the map.
no no no! it says travelling from a point SITUATED at the left etc. it says nothing aboot the direction. the 'left' and 'right' words are just used do show the position of the places on the map
no mad-ade.. I for one usually agree with you... but this time it says one part situated.. it doesn't ever say from left to right... this time you are wrong
read the bit that says "very left of the world map to the other part situated at the very right" surely left to right?
Sorry, mad-ade, but it never specifies the direction in which you would need to go, only the two points which you would need to travel between, meaning you could travel either way. Naturally, anyone with half a brain would take the shorter distance, which makes me wonder about you. . .
Mad-ade is clearly wrong, but the question is flawed. left to right, on a "globe", should "technically" be counter-clockwise, or clockwise, from point to point. Now Put the 2 points on a "map" and take the "short" cut as the author of this intended. Can we really say less than a minute? Is there any logical way for us to deduce the true distance between the points without seeing the answer of 1 minute? Nope. If it were 100K, it would take 1 hr. This one was fun, but just didnt sit well with me.
It says the very left to the very right. It is obviously a trick so it doesn't matter how far between them they are adjacent. At the equator there can be up to about 300 000 km between points while at the top of a rectangular projection map of the world there can be almost nothing. (Now there's an inspiration for another teaser).
May 06, 2003
Hello, people? It's a teaser, not an SAT question! GET OVER IT! Arguing over technicalities ruin it for everyone, you know?
Wouldn't you have to go over the Atlantic in a car?!
my first thought was "with or without running into the ocean".
my second thought was that maybe this should go into trivia - while i was aware that the shape of the globe means that they could have gone right to left to get to their destination, it requires that i have some sort of knowledge as to how long the equator is in order to determine how far the right to left journey would be so i could work out how long it would take...
my second thought was that maybe this should go into trivia - while i was aware that the shape of the globe means that they could have gone right to left to get to their destination, it requires that i have some sort of knowledge as to how long the equator is in order to determine how far the right to left journey would be so i could work out how long it would take...
I want to know where we are that the distance across the map is 150 million kilometers. Earth is roughly 40,000 km in circumference, so this map describes a globe 37,500 times the diamater of Earth.
My answer for this is that I could travel there in a typical car, because it's nowhere that humanity has ever traveled (or travelled).
My answer for this is that I could travel there in a typical car, because it's nowhere that humanity has ever traveled (or travelled).
The problem might be with the map itself, not all world maps have the same
The problem might be with the map itself, not all world maps have the same projections or orientation.
Aug 27, 2007
The question poser said 'map', and not 'globe'. Providing the map is of the entire world, the top left and the top right would intersect at the same place. The answer is zero seconds, as you are already there.
My answer is the same as edoaktenbears'.
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