A worm is at the bottom of a 12-cm rubber band. Band stretches 12cm each second. Worm crawls 1cm/sec. Does it reach the top?
Yes, eventually
The answer
The worm always reaches the top. It covers an increasing fraction of the band each second (harmonic series diverges).
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