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Old 01-28-2005, 05:29 AM
daryn daryn is offline
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Default Re: Cool Math/Logic Problem

do the speeds of each boat ever change?

in other words we have ferry 1 and ferry 2. say ferry 1 travels at speed X, ferry 2 travels at speed Y.

does ferry 1 always travel at X? does ferry 2 always travel at Y? of course they don't have to from the wording, but i'm asking.


if they DO always go at the same speed, then the problem makes no sense and has no solution.

if they DON'T, then the problem has an infinite number of solutions.
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