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Assuming the books to be bound in the standard way, read left to right, placed so they stand vertically, placed against each other, and with Volume One on the left, the distance should be half an inch.
7 inches is the answer, but if vol one has a book cover the same as vol 2 then the answer would be 8 inches.
queenie wrote: 7 inches is the answer, but if vol one has a book cover the same as vol 2 then the answer would be 8 inches.
No.
The answer is either 6.5 or .5 as indicated by silentfilmstar, it depends on the assumptions you make about the positioning of the books.
its half an inch for sure. who puts books upside down?
Shenlong99 wrote: its half an inch for sure. who puts books upside down? Oh shenlong, you are right. it is half an inch. I musta put my books upside down ha, ha,
must stop playing chess and do some tidying up.
must stop playing chess and do some tidying up.
Shenlong99 wrote: its half an inch for sure. who puts books upside down?
The same person who only owns two books, perhaps.
i think this is pointless
but 1 in.
5.5 inches
^ what he said
cleaver... 5.5 in.
Not the brightest bunch here, eh?
If Volume One is on the left and Volume Two is on the right, then the answer is 0.5 inches. (Only the two book covers separate the two). If Volume Two is on the left (THIS is where the positioning of the books comes in, NOT if they're upside down) then the answer is 5.5 inches.
This problem seems to be a bit more trouble for many than I would have expected.
Is it possible that eveyone is right? No, I suppose not.
I wonder how many people actually stood up and went to a pair of books on their bookcases to verify.
It must be 0.5 inch.
actually what you have all failed to take into account is the Pratchett Theorem of L-Space
Books=Knowledge=power=energy=mass=gravity
Gravity distorts space.
Therefore the answer is equal to 5.5 inches divided by the square root of one minus the square of the books velocity divided by the square of c.
...I apologize for that, I just spent the entire day reading xkcd and Discworld, that made about as much sens to me as it did to you.
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BRAIN TEASER THERE ARE TWO BOOKS ON YOUR SHELF VOLUME ONE AND VOLUME TWO VOLUME ONE IS 2 INCHES THICK VOLUUME 2 IS 4 INCHES THICK THE BOOK COVER IS 1/4 INCH THICK
THE TWO BOOKS ASRE SIDE BY SIDE HOW FAR IS IT FROM PAGE ONE OF VOLUUME ONE TO THE LAST PAGE OF VOLUME 2