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What is the answer to Elon Musk's riddle? ›

Puzzle #14: Elon Musk's Interview Question

The most natural answer to this question is the North Pole. And it's correct! Walking a mile south from the North Pole, then a mile west, and a mile north again will land you right back at the top of the planet.

Bezos acknowledged Musk's impressive leadership, despite not knowing him personally. “Well, I don't really know Elon very well. I know his public persona, but I also know you can't know anyone by their public persona. It's impossible,” Bezos remarked.

You're at the North Pole. It wouldn't matter how many miles east or west you walk, as long as you walk one mile south, and one mile north, you'll end up returning to the same place.

As early as 2007, Elon Musk stated a personal goal of eventually enabling human exploration and settlement of Mars, although his personal public interest in Mars goes back at least to 2001 at the Mars Society. SpaceX has stated its goal is to colonize Mars to ensure the long-term survival of the human species.

Born and raised in South Africa, Musk spent time in Canada before moving to the United States. Educated at the University of Pennsylvania in physics, Musk started getting his feet wet as a serial tech entrepreneur with early successes like Zip2 and X.com, which merged with a company that became PayPal.

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Jeff Bezos has reclaimed the title of the richest person on earth, surpassing Elon Musk, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Monday. The Amazon founder's net worth was $200 billion, while Musk followed at $198 billion.

Despite their similarities, Bezos and Musk are far from friends. They've been feuding over NASA contracts and flinging insults for nearly 20 years.

Yes, there are two places on the planet where you can walk a mile south, a mile west and a mile north to end up back where you started. One of those places is the North Pole, and the other is the South Pole. Why? Well, because the earth is a sphere, your final walk north will take you exactly back to where you started.

The astrophysicist, of course, gave us the correct answer: The North Pole. Starting there, if you walk one mile south, one mile west and one mile north, you'll make a triangular path and end up back at the North Pole, your point of origin. Most SpaceX engineers also give the North Pole version of this answer.

What is the line that goes north to south? ›

The lines running North to South are called "Meridians" or "lines of longitude" (Figure 2), while the lines running East to West are called "Parallels" or "lines of latitude" (Figure 3).

Making humans live on more than one planet Musk started SpaceX with the revolutionary goal of making space flight affordable and environmentally friendly so that people could live in more than one world.

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Yes, there are two places on the planet where you can walk a mile south, a mile west and a mile north to end up back where you started. One of those places is the North Pole, and the other is the South Pole. Why? Well, because the earth is a sphere, your final walk north will take you exactly back to where you started.

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I'm interested in working for Tesla because it's an innovative organization that is constantly changing and improving. I want to make sure I reach my full potential in my career, and with my long-term career goals, I know Tesla is the company to help me grow creatively.

Elon Musk uses the First Principles method, which is defined as deducing something down until it has no further deduction. Reduce something to its most basic unit: Body → organs → cell (smallest organic unit). These are the three steps.