There is a large building facing a road. It is by the side of only one road, i.e. it is not at a corner,\u00a0or between parallel roads. This building has two gates numbered\u00a01 and 2.\u00a0\u00a0You reach\u00a0Gate no. 1 first when you are driving on the side of the road nearer to the building. (Which means that in India, where we drive on the left, Gate no. 1 will fall to your right when\u00a0looking out from the building. In a country that drives on the right, Gate no. 1 will fall to your left.)<\/p>\n
Now\u00a0you decide to make one of these gates the entrance and and the other the exit. Which\u00a0will you choose to be which and why?\u00a0 I ask this because though intuitively it seems that I’d choose Gate\u00a0no. 1\u00a0as the entrance, it is always the other way round. This means that you have to travel longer to\u00a0both enter and leave. Any explanation for this arrangement? I have thought of one, but I am not sure of it. Of course, if you are an expert in the field, there is probably a simple explanation, so shoot away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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