A traveller starts out from the Earth's equator, heading exactly northeast. Undeterred by mountains, oceans and political boundaries, he continues on a northeasterly heading until he can go no further.
Where does he end up?
How far did he go?
How many times did he circumnavigate the earth? (For these purposes, this means travel through 360 degrees of longitude.)
(In reply to
re(2): re Solution by Jim Lyon)
"There are lots of examples to refute this..."
yes. i chalked this up to one of those counter-intuitive
things. (thats why i used "intuitive fact"). my only remaining
concern was the one tomm restated above..
re(3): re Solution
