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cool_joh
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How to Solve WILLYWUTANG AND THE BURNING ISLAND OF
« on: Aug 31st, 2007, 4:38pm » |
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willywutang is hanging out on a heavily forested island that's really narrow: it's a narrow strip of land that's ten miles long. let's label one end of the strip A, and the other end B. a fire has started at A, and the fire is moving toward B at the rate of 1 mph. at the same time, there's a 2 mph wind blowing in the direction from A toward B. what can willywu do to save himself from burning to death?! assume that willywu can't swim and there are no boats, jetcopters, teleportation devices, etc.. (if he does nothing, willywu will be toast after at most 10 hours, since 10 miles / 1 mph = 10 hours)
I did some search, but I can't find any complete solution. (Maybe I'm blind) 
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Re: How to Solve WILLYWUTANG AND THE BURNING ISLAN
« Reply #1 on: Aug 31st, 2007, 4:43pm » |
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The wind would make a difference to the rate of the fire being spread, unless thats already included in the rate of the fire.
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Re: How to Solve WILLYWUTANG AND THE BURNING ISLAN
« Reply #2 on: Aug 31st, 2007, 11:36pm » |
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Roll through the fire.
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