just walking

[ehanes7612]

a person starts at point P, walks one mile south, one mile east and one mile north and arrives back at point P..besides the north pole where else can this happen?

 

[SlipperFan]

A mountain top?

 

[ehanes7612]

north south east west denote directions on the plane of earth, a mtn top adds a new direction ...so...nope

 

[NYEric]

1 mile north from the south pole.

 

[goldenrose]

1 mile north from the south pole.

That seems like the likely answer but something tells me this is a trick question!:evil:
On a small triangular island.

 

[ehanes7612]

That seems like the likely answer but something tells me this is a trick question!:evil:
On a small triangular island.

TIPS:the earth is spherical not flat; south, east, north, west are directional vectors that are correspondingly 90 degrees to each other..if you were on a triangular island (that didnt surround the south or north pole), and you went one mile south , one mile east and one mile north you would still be east of your origin

 

[John Boy]

...leaves us with the centre of the planet...

 

[ehanes7612]

...leaves us with the centre of the planet...

how would that work?

 

[FlowerFaerie]

On an ice-floe floating westwards?

 

[Clark]

Still working on 1 + 1= 3.

 

[Hera]

a person starts at point P, walks one mile south, one mile east and one mile north and arrives back at point P..besides the north pole where else can this happen?[/Q

On my treadmill, turned three directions.

 

[NYEric]

I was thinking that moving east, at the south pole, is really going in a circle!

 

[ehanes7612]

I was thinking that moving east, at the south pole, is really going in a circle!

http://makezine.com/images/06/onemilesouth.html

 

[NYEric]

So, I was right. (mostly)

 

[goldenrose]

:clap::clap::clap: Congrats Eric!

 

[Hera]

Doh! :crazy:

 

[FlowerFaerie]

According to my son the point at which the circumference of a circle would be 1 mile is 839.52 ft from the South Pole.
He likes to know these things..... & couldn't resist the challenge of working it out.

 

[koshki]

The Bermuda Triangle?

 

[koshki]

Oh, duh, I didn't realize there was a second page to this thread...

 

[Marc]

I've found another answer

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