One morning it starts to snow at a constant rate. Later, at 6:00am, a snow plow sets out to clear a straight street. The plow can remove a fixed volume of snow per unit time.

If the plow covered twice as much distance in the first hour as the second hour, what time did it start snowing?

(In reply to Solution by Bryan)

hi brian

your maths is impressive but the problem seems simpler than that. if there is twice the snow, then it must have fallen in twice the time. since it takes one hour for the snow height to double the snow must have started one hour previously, ie: at 5:00 am.

Posted by philip on 2004-01-21 05:18:18