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OK, here is another problem for you guys to solve.

We have a square, There is a rabbit on each corner. If you move one rabbit in one direction, the rabbit behind it, will follow it with the same angle and the distane, Thus, then the rabbit before the 2nd rabbit does the same thing and so does the 4th one. So if you move the first rabbit down, the they will all end up at the corners again.

Question:

1-How can they all meet up at one point?

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i don't understand the question . . . how do i know which rabbit is behind the one i move? and same angle and direction relative to what?

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Well, if they're standing so far apart that the diagonal of the square is equal to the diameter of the earth, then they are already at the same point .

Ofcourse that's assuming I've understood the riddle right.

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I think he means that the rabbits stand always stand at the ends of a square. if you move one(dosen't matter which one), all of them move sothat the square remains the same.

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AlternateLifeform, you kind of got the riddle, one other thing though, you can move them as much as you want. Lets say you move one to the middle of the side of the square, the rest will also end up in the middles, so you dont have to move them all the way to the other side. And Jordan, it does not matter which one is the first, the one that moves first is the first one.

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You should just have to move each once :P.

Say you move one, the one behind it will move in the same angle relative to its own position.
Therefore, they all move to the center.

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No they wouldnt, lets just talk about the two rabbit on top. Move the left one to the center, the right one, moves out of the square. Because, if you move the left rabbit down, the right will also move down. So if you move it more inside, the other rabbit moves outside.

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So exact angles relative to the top, not the next rabbit's position.
I think I understand the question now... :P

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If we could only post images, then I woould have post an image as an example,

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load the image onto some host and link us to it--that should work

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So, what happend ??!?? Do you want me to post the answer?

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So??

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sure, post the answer--looks like everybody's out of guesses . . .

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ok! So, you move one rabbit to one corner, therefore, all go on one corner of the square, move one rabbit to the middle of the line, therefore all go in the middle of the line. Now, move on of the rabbits to the middle of the line of the line below it directly (here is an image to show what I mean :
http://www.boomspeed.com/talebiank/untitled.bmp), and when all the rabbits move too, each rabbit ends up at the corner of a smaller square, continue doing that till they all meet!

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