1980 AHSME Problems/Problem 13
Problem
A bug (of negligible size) starts at the origin on the coordinate plane. First, it moves one unit right to . Then it makes a counterclockwise and travels a unit to . If it continues in this fashion, each time making a degree turn counterclockwise and traveling half as far as the previous move, to which of the following points will it come closest?
Solution
Writing out the change in coordinates and then in coordinates gives the infinite sum and respectively. Using the infinite geometric sum formula, we have and , thus the answer is
See also
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