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minus-squarelemmynglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·21 days agoI was taught that the fastest person in the group stays in the rear, and always thought this was a common rule. Isn’t it?
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-221 days agoWouldn’t that make them the slowest in the group, given they’ll arrive last?
minus-squarelemmynglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoNo, the order or arrival within a group has nothing to do with individual speed.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·21 days agoPretty sure that’s how speed works. Assuming everyone starts at the same place and takes the same route, whoever arrives last is the slowest.
I was taught that the fastest person in the group stays in the rear, and always thought this was a common rule. Isn’t it?
Wouldn’t that make them the slowest in the group, given they’ll arrive last?
No, the order or arrival within a group has nothing to do with individual speed.
Pretty sure that’s how speed works. Assuming everyone starts at the same place and takes the same route, whoever arrives last is the slowest.