document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=647320>Question 647320</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If I am chasing someone and step for step I am right behind I have no chance of coming up even with him. So  why is it that if I run at a forty-five degree angle from his angle of direction, I am eventually able to come up even with him, even though at a distance from him? We walked the distance and it works in practice. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If he walks 10 feet you will walk 10(sqrt(3)/2) = 10*0.86 = 8.6 ft.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You will not be \"even with him\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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