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spore contest
    #362439 - 07/28/01 09:32 AM (24 years, 4 months ago)

First correct reply gets two pc prints..

Given:
Two trains are on a collision course are 12.8 miles apart. The track is perfectly straight and level. One train is traveling 3.3 mph the other, 4.1 mph. Now, it seems there is a fly that is flying back and forth from train to train at an average speed of 11.8 mph.

Determine:
How far does the fly travel before it is smashed between the locomotive engines?

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Re: spore contest [Re: egghead]
    #362450 - 07/28/01 10:05 AM (24 years, 4 months ago)

Ok..how about this. The fly will travel about 16.992 miles before the trains intersect and kill it. Because it will take the trains about 1 hour and 44 minutes to intersect. I kinda rounded a few numbers but..that should be close enough. Am i right?


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Re: spore contest [Re: egghead]
    #362453 - 07/28/01 10:14 AM (24 years, 4 months ago)

Vector sum of trains A and B = (3.3 + 4.1) = 7.4 MpH

Time for trains to collide = (12.8M / 7.4MpH) = 1.73 Hours

Distance covered by the fly until the trains collide
= 1.73H * 11.8M/H = 20.41 Miles

Mmmm - I can just taste those pc's now! :-)


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Re: spore contest [Re: egghead]
    #362467 - 07/28/01 10:54 AM (24 years, 4 months ago)

The question is kinda vague. Are the trains heading in the same direction?


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Re: spore contest [Re: egghead]
    #362477 - 07/28/01 11:20 AM (24 years, 4 months ago)

skoal.. That's some bigtime rounding, but close enough for mycology. ;)

Carlos.. Nice work/explaination.

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artdeco.. No, not in same direction, in opposite directions. They're traveling toward the same collision point, though.

Silly math riddles.. Thanks for playing. :)

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