• schmorp@slrpnk.net
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    How many flying arrows can you count? Now calculate your probability of survival!

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    The arrow travels half the distance from your bow to the throat of your unworthy enemy. Then half again, and again, and so on, yet always half the distance remains. How does it ever penetrate to spill his lifeblood upon the ground?

    While the reality of the scenario is a lesson for another day, buried within the paradox we lay a foundation for comprehending the limit function…

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    Batsaikhan has 3 arrows in him. Ganbold shoots him with two more. How many arrows does Batsaikhan have in him now?

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      4 because one went through him