Brain work-out

[JB]

At exactly the same moment a 747 leaves Kennedy airport for Paris and a Concorde leaves Orly for New York. The 747 cruises at 500mph, the Concorde at 1300mph.<br /><br />Winds are westerly at 25mph, the earth is rotating at 1,000mph.<br /><br />Eventually, the two planes pass one another.<br /><br />At the moment they meet, which one is closer to Paris?

 

[snapperbait]

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E-gad JB, it's sunday morning.. you know that the brain ain't workin yet.. <br /><br />Lemme see.... At the moment they meet, they are both the same distance from paris? I dunno?

 

[TPD211]

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Ummmm.....<br /><br />Wasnt Paris Hilton a passanger on one of them.<br />So.... the plane she is in is the closest.

 

[OBJ]

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UHHHHH....I'll get back to ya' on the answer.<br /><br />My first impression is to say they are both equal distance from Paris.

 

[JB]

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You guys got it. A classic "too much information" quiz.<br /><br />The only information that matters is that the have met and are at the same spot. . . same distance to Paris, or anywhere else for that matter.

 

[KeltonKrew]

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JB,<br /><br />go get you another cup of coffee, get back on the back portch and chill for a while <br /><br />It is way too dang early on the weekend for this

 

[Link]

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My wife said it was a good way to start your day, esp with you old farts just sitting around on the computer all day. (I ofcourse don't agree with her but what the heck, she is still in her early 40's) Back to feeding my squirrels...

 

[Homerr]

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Well, since the Concorde has been decommissioned, I'd say the 747 doesn't meet the Concorde at all?<br /><br />H.

 

[CrappieFisherman]

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since they meet nose nose, at a closing speed of 26,400 feet per second. concorde is closer to paris, and is closer for 0.00772 seconds until the 204 foot 8 inch concorde passes the nose of the 747,scary thing is that they cruise even faster