Re: [math-fun] yacht question

What assumptions are you making? --Dan On 2013-06-24, at 1:55 PM, James Propp wrote:

Do the front and back of a yacht travel the same distance?

(Let's assume that the earth is flat for purposes of this problem.)

Here's a question that I think is equivalent: If a yacht travels in a circle, do the front and back ends of the yacht travel on circles of the same radius?