Blaine High School Statistics Class Weblog

October 15, 2007

Train Problem

Filed under: EXTRA CREDIT — mikeengelhaupt @ 1:32 pm

A man is 1/3 of the way across a bridge when he sees a train approaching at 36 mph.  If he runs as fast as he can in either direction he will just make it to the end of the bridge before the train does.  How fast can the man run?

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