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Catching the thief Now, constable, said the defendants counsel in cross-examination, you say that the prisoner was exactly twenty-five steps ahead of you when you started to run after him? Yes, sir. And you swear that he takes nine steps to your four? That is so. Then I ask you, constable, as an intelligent man, to explain how you ever caught him, if that is the case? Well, you see, I have got a longer stride. In fact, two of my steps are equal in length to five of the prisoners. If you work it out, you will find that the number of steps I required would bring me exactly to the spot where I captured him. Here the foreman of the jury asked for a few minutes to figure out the number of steps the constable must have taken. Can you also say how many steps the officer needed to catch the thief? #FalconVirus
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:31:48 +0000

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