A rubber band is 1 meter long. An ant starts at one end, crawling at 1 millimeter per second. At the end of each second, the rubber band is instantaneously stretched by an additional meter. (So, at the end of the nth second, the rubber band becomes n+1 meters long.)

Does the ant ever reach the far end of the band? If so, when?

I'm sure it's possible, but it sure would take him a long time. Plus, i'm assuming he's a magical ant and will get to live forever.

Posted by Kenneth on 2002-11-05 10:39:30