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This is bugging me
A man walked one mile south, then one mile west and then one mile north - where did he start?
I think the answer is either the Equator or the North or South Pole - anyone out there know the answer - Thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.He could be starting anywhere he likes. I can walk 'one mile south, then one mile west and then one mile north' from my house.
If, as I suspect, the full question you are trying to ask is "A man walked one mile south, then one mile west and then one mile north and ends up in the same place", then the answer is the North Pole.
"you will end your journey one mile west of where you started. So where did you start from? One mile east"
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Not if you were at the North pole though. Or any point 1.159 miles from the South Pole for that matter.
At these locations you would end up back where you started, so your start point is where you are standing, not one mile East.