A column of soldiers is 25 miles long and they march 25 miles a day. One morning a messenger started at the rear of the column with a message for the guy up front. The messenger began to march and gave the message to the guy up front and then returned to his position by the end of the day. Assume that the messenger marched at the same rate of speed the whole time. How many miles did the messenger march?

Hey TomM,
how did you come to conclusion that he travels 25 + 2d in one day. Since it is mentioned that he returns to his initial position it should be 2(25 + d).

Posted by Gautam Joshi on 2002-12-26 18:04:13