Ionel has two friends who are living
in the tower block: Dinu, at the 3rd floor and Anton at the 14th floor.
Ionel was often visiting his friends, going today at one's place and tomorrow
at the other's. One day, astonished he made the next remark
"What curious! When I leave from
Dinu almost always the elevator is at a superior floor. When I leave from
Anton the elevator is at an inferior floor.
Does somebody is blocking the elevator
at the middle-floors?
Answer: Let's admit that the elevator
is working permanentely so, looking down from the 3rd floor, lets say,
the elevator will be, especially at the superior part.
Lets admit that the tower block
has 17 floors and that practically the elevator goes from down to up and
backwards.
The interval of time necessarily
to the elevator to take down from the 13th floor downstairs and to return
at the 3rd floor is shorter in comparation with the interval of time in
which the elevator climbes from the 3rd floor at the 17th floor and comes
back to the 3rd floor.
The time could be, so divided in
two categories:
-moments in which the elevator
is under the 3rd floor
-moments in which the elevator
is at superior floors
The probability of meeting
he elevator at an inferior or superior floor is proportionally with the
time in which the elevator stays in these two categories of space.
Therefor going out from Dinu, Ionel
establishes that the elevator will be especially at superior floors.
On the contrary going out from Anton
he will establish that the situation is reversed!
Romanian version
Ionel are doi prieteni care locuiesc
in blocul turn:Dinu la etajul 3 si Anton la etajul 14. Ionel isi vizita
adesea prietenii mergand cand la unul, cand la celalalt. Intr-o zi, mirat,a
facut urmatoarea remarca: "Ce curios! Cand plec de la Dinu, aproape intotdeauna
ascensorul se afla la etajele superioare. Din contra, cand plec de la Anton
ascensorul este la etajele inferioare. Blocheaza oare cineva ascensorul
la etajele de la mijloc?"
Raspuns: Sa admitem ca ascensoarele
functioneaza continuu, deci, privind in jos de la etajul 3, sa spunem,
ascensorul se va afla in special in partea superioara.
Sa admitem ca blocul turn are 17
etaje si ca practic ascensorul merge permanent de jos in sus si inapoi.
Intervalul de timp necesar ascensorului sa coboare de la etajul 3 la parter
si sa revina la etajul 3 este mic in comparatie cu intervalul de timp in
care urca de la etajul 3 la etajul 17, si revine la etajul 3. Timpul poate
fi, deci,impartit in doua categorii:
-momente in care ascensorul
se afla sub etajul 3
-momente in care se afla la
etaje superioare.
Probabilitatea de a intalni ascensorul
la etaje inferioare-sau la etaje superioare-este proportionala cu timpul
cat liftul sta in aceste doua categorii de spatiu. Deci, iesind de la Dinu,
Ionel constata ca ascensorul se va afla in special la etajele superioare.
Dimpotriva, iesind de la Anton, va constata ca, situatia este inversa!
Prof. Tudor Victor
''Mihai Eminescu'' High school,
Calarasi, Romania
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