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A soldier looses his way in a thick jungle. At random he
walks from his camp but mathematically in an interesting
fashion.
First he walks one mile East then half mile to North. Then
1/4 mile to West, then 1/8 mile to South and so on making a
loop.
Finally how far he is from his camp and in which direction?
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The soldier is 0.8944 miles away from his camp towards East-
North.
It is obvious that he is in East-North direction.
Distance travelled in North and South directions
= 1/2 - 1/8 + 1/32 - 1/128 + 1/512 - 1/2048 + and so on...
(a geometric series with r = (-1/4) )
(1/2) * ( 1 - (-1/4)n )
= ---------------------------
( 1 - (-1/4) )
= 1 / ( 2 * ( 1 - (-1/4) ) )
= 2/5
Similarly in East and West directions
= 1 - 1/4 + 1/16 - 1/64 + 1/256 - and so on... (a geometric
series with r = (-1/4) )
(1) * ( 1 - (-1/4)n )
= ---------------------------
( 1 - (-1/4) )
= 1 / ( ( 1- (-1/4) )
= 4/5
So the soldier is 4/5 miles away towards East and 2/5 miles
away towards North. So using right angled triangle, soldier
is 0.8944 miles away from his camp.
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