take a look at this question
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1446147947
Am I guilty of overkill or over-thinking this ?
Surely there has to be an easier way.
well, let's see. Walking an extra 12 steps took an extra 18 seconds.
So, the difference in speeds is 3/2 sec/step
That means that if we let
w = # steps walked
s = running rate, sec/step
w(s+3/2) + 16s = 60
(w-12)(s+3/2) + 28s = 42
That winds up with
w = (120-32s)/(2s+3)
Again, not a unique solution. So the search would be for an integer value for w.
I would have taken the same approach. I wonder though if something was left out of the problem statement.
thanks guys, like Damon suggested, if they had given the number of steps, the question would have been very simple.
Steve, I like that initial idea of using the difference, never thought of that.
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