At a party von Neumann was asked the puzzle: two trains 100 miles apart are approaching each other at 50 mph. A bumblebee, starting at one train, travels between trains at 25 mph, reversing directions when reaching an approaching train. How far does the bumblebee travel before being crushed? von Neumann thought a short moment and promptly answered 25 miles. When asked if he knew the trick, he acted puzzled and said that he summed the infinite series.
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