Question

A mathematician, Pi, is walking on the number line on which each unit is divided into 17 equal intervals.

Pi's jump can either be 1 or 1:
0 1
1
S
17
10
17
15
17
If Pi is at a position where p is an integer, how many jumps at most does he need to reach an integer
nearest to ?

Answer 1

Explanation:

1st : This is a "tricky" problem about even and odd, sooo, to reword the problem so we can figure it out, how far away can "Pi" be from an integer number ( think whole numbers, like 4, 5,6 ect ) if he's as close to the middle as he an get then.. he'll be standing on 9/17 and he will have to move 8 steps.. in either the plus direction or the minus direction to get to an integer value.

so 8 "jumps" or steps to get to an integer at most