Friday, 11/04/05
Prepare Separate sheet for Test
#8.
Mental Floss.
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There was a road around a circular lake. A man and his brother
each started in the same place and drove around the lake at exactly the
same speed, but in opposite directions. The first brother went clockwise
around the lake at 40 mph, and the trip took him an hour and 20 minutes.
The second brother went counterclockwise around the lake--also at exactly
40 mph--but his trip only took him 80 minutes. Each traveled exactly the
same distance: 53.33 miles. How is that possible?
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