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I hate questions being phrased like this. I always end up thinking of things like "who entered the cage first", which is important in reality but has no bearing
by tomelders 15y ago
I hate questions being phrased like this. I always end up thinking of things like "who entered the cage first", which is important in reality but has no bearing on the mathematical nature of the question.
If the lion tamer is in the cage before when the lion enters, then it's unlikely the that the Lion will catch the tamer. Unless there's some other factor, like the lion has been starved, or is nervous.
- SonicSoul 15y agothe order does not matter because the Lion can move to any part of the cage before starting his pursuit.
- tomelders 15y agomy point is, I always mix the real with the hypothetical and get hooked up on details that prevent me from answering questions like this. Lions are very territorial, and respectful of territory. If a lion tamer enters a a cage with a lion already in it then he is invading a lions territory. If a lion enters a cage with a lion tamer in it, the the lion understands that he is invading someone else's territory and is highly unlikely to attack. It's for this reason that you'll never see a Lion tamer enter a cage full of lions. He or She will always enter the cage first, and the lions will follow. It has no bearing on a hypothetical question, but in reality it would make a huge difference. I remember as a kid, a math teacher carefully explaining to me why my answer to a question that involved cooking was wrong. The maths assumed you could just increase the quantity of ingredients proportionally to the number of people you were cooking for, but that's not always the case, and in this example I was right in reality, but wrong mathematically.