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Wolf in a field (Posted on 2006-02-23)

There is a wolf in the centre of a square field, and four dogs in the corners. The wolf can easily kill one dog, but two dogs can kill the wolf. The wolf can run all over the field, and the dogs -- along the fence (border) only. Prove that if a dog's speed is 1.5 times more than the wolf's, then the dogs can prevent the wolf escaping.

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Subject	Author	Date
thought con'td	salil	2006-02-26 06:46:15
thought	salil	2006-02-26 04:16:59
dead dog?	Paul	2006-02-25 00:02:40
re: solution	Steve Herman	2006-02-24 17:27:16
Fear filled dogs strategy	Hugo	2006-02-24 10:31:50
solution	salil	2006-02-24 10:18:17
No Subject	benjamin	2006-02-24 07:36:27
re(2): Okay, then prove this:	Eric	2006-02-23 23:11:16
re(2): In bocca al lupo!	goFish	2006-02-23 17:53:25
re: Okay, then prove this:	Wallace North	2006-02-23 17:49:16
re: In bocca al lupo!	Hugo	2006-02-23 17:38:25
In bocca al lupo!	goFish	2006-02-23 17:32:21
Okay, then prove this:	Eric	2006-02-23 16:29:02
What I learned	Hugo	2006-02-23 13:08:20
Trapped (Spoiler. Solution.)	Steve Herman	2006-02-23 13:01:01
Not so fast - spoiler	Leming	2006-02-23 12:57:11
No Subject	Debbie	2006-02-23 12:09:17

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