Comments for Riddle-Box http://riddle-box.com Mind-bending puzzles and paradoxes with solutions Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:47:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on New twist on red and blue socks by Solution - New twist on red and blue socks | Riddle-Box http://riddle-box.com/new-twist-on-red-and-blue-socks#comment-9 Solution - New twist on red and blue socks | Riddle-Box Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:55:00 +0000 http://riddle-box.com/?p=12#comment-9 [...] comes a solution of variation on problem about red and blue socks new twist on red and blue socks The answer is [...] [...] comes a solution of variation on problem about red and blue socks new twist on red and blue socks The answer is [...]

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]]> Comment on [005] Whose picture? v.2 by [005] Solution | Riddle-Box http://riddle-box.com/005-whose-picture-v2#comment-5 [005] Solution | Riddle-Box Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:37:43 +0000 http://riddle-box.com/?p=7#comment-5 [...] Here comes th solution for Whose picture is the man looking at v.2. [...] [...] Here comes th solution for Whose picture is the man looking at v.2. [...]

]]> Comment on [006] Solution by [006] What Happens if an Irresistible Cannonball Hits an Immovable Post? | Riddle-Box http://riddle-box.com/006-solution#comment-4 [006] What Happens if an Irresistible Cannonball Hits an Immovable Post? | Riddle-Box Thu, 22 May 2008 07:30:34 +0000 http://riddle-box.com/?p=9#comment-4 [...] « [005] Whose picture? v.2 » [006] Solution [...] [...] « [005] Whose picture? v.2 » [006] Solution [...]

]]> Comment on [006] What Happens if an Irresistible Cannonball Hits an Immovable Post? by [006] Solution | Riddle-Box http://riddle-box.com/006-what-happens-if-an-irresistible-cannonball-hits-an-immovable-post#comment-3 [006] Solution | Riddle-Box Thu, 22 May 2008 07:25:49 +0000 http://riddle-box.com/?p=8#comment-3 [...] « [006] What Happens if an Irresistible Cannonball Hits an Immovable Post? [...] [...] « [006] What Happens if an Irresistible Cannonball Hits an Immovable Post? [...]

]]> Comment on [006] What Happens if an Irresistible Cannonball Hits an Immovable Post? by James http://riddle-box.com/006-what-happens-if-an-irresistible-cannonball-hits-an-immovable-post#comment-2 James Thu, 22 May 2008 06:09:11 +0000 http://riddle-box.com/?p=8#comment-2 This occurance is an impossiblity. The irresistible cannonball can be described as an object that would impart an infinite force on anything it struck. Force is defined by mass*acceleration. In order for the force on the cannonball to be infinite, the mass or the acceleration must also be infinite. If the mass is infinite the cannonball is actually a black hole, an object for which the physics are quite hazy. If the acceleration is infinite, the cannonball would approach the speed of light, and the cannonball would quickly use up all available energy as it accelerated with diminishing returns. Assuming the post is an object that will neither move nor break when struck by any force, it must be an object of infinite density, and therefore infinite mass. As we noted before, an object of infinite mass is a black hole (or the universe, assuming the universe is infinite). So one of two things will happen in this situation: the two objects are black holes, and black holes have only limited individuality. On colliding, they will simply (not so simply really, it's actually quite an involved process) merge with each other. Or the other situation, in which the irresistible cannonball has infinite acceleration, and consumes all the energy in the universe in it's efforts to accelerate with diminishing returns as it approaches the speed of light, leading to the heat death of the universe. Even given any of these extreme physics situations, it's unlikely any of these forces could be accurately catagorised infinite. This occurance is an impossiblity. The irresistible cannonball can be described as an object that would impart an infinite force on anything it struck. Force is defined by mass*acceleration. In order for the force on the cannonball to be infinite, the mass or the acceleration must also be infinite. If the mass is infinite the cannonball is actually a black hole, an object for which the physics are quite hazy. If the acceleration is infinite, the cannonball would approach the speed of light, and the cannonball would quickly use up all available energy as it accelerated with diminishing returns.
Assuming the post is an object that will neither move nor break when struck by any force, it must be an object of infinite density, and therefore infinite mass. As we noted before, an object of infinite mass is a black hole (or the universe, assuming the universe is infinite). So one of two things will happen in this situation: the two objects are black holes, and black holes have only limited individuality. On colliding, they will simply (not so simply really, it’s actually quite an involved process) merge with each other. Or the other situation, in which the irresistible cannonball has infinite acceleration, and consumes all the energy in the universe in it’s efforts to accelerate with diminishing returns as it approaches the speed of light, leading to the heat death of the universe.

Even given any of these extreme physics situations, it’s unlikely any of these forces could be accurately catagorised infinite.

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