Greetings,  ,
 
Thank you for participating in the "Mental Gymnastics" challenge in this month's WarehouseTWO e-Newsletter.  Here are the results...
 
The Challenge
You are standing on the edge of a center pivot irrigation circle that has a radius of 400 meters.

Walking only in a straight line, what is the farthest you can walk into this circle?  (For the sake of solving this puzzle, you may assume that there are no obstructions preventing you from walking anywhere inside the circle.)
The Correct Answer

400 meters

Starting at the edge of the circle, walk toward the center of the circle.  With each additional step, you are walking further into the circle.  But with the first step that you take beyond the center, you are now walking out of the circle.
 
One key to solving this challenge was recognizing and correctly interpreting the word "into" in the challenge description.  The other key was recognizing that 400 meters was the radius of the circle, not the diameter. 

The Winners
 
Winners of this month's challenge are:

 

Matt Ware , Skarda Equipment Company (Omaha, NE USA) (first correct responder)
Brian Jensen , HydroAir Hughes LLC (Smithfield, RI USA )*
Kirk Downey , Hyspeco, Inc. (Wichita, KS USA )*

*Chosen at random from all correct responders  

 

The first correct response was received two (2) minutes after this month's e-Newsletter was sent out.



Thank you again for participating in this month's "Mental Gymnastics" challenge.  Look for another challenge in next month's WarehouseTWO e-Newsletter.
 
As always, if you have a good WarehouseTWO "success story", we would love to hear about it.
 
Sincerely,
 
Mark Tomalonis
WarehouseTWO, LLC
Inventory-sharing solution for wholesaler-distributors
...Think outside your box!