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Don't drink and run (Posted on 2006-04-03) Difficulty: 2 of 5
A man runs n times round a circular track with radius t miles.
He drinks s quarts of beer for every mile that he runs.
Prove that he will only need one quart!

  Submitted by Jer    
Rating: 3.6667 (3 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
Once around the track is 2*pi*t
n times around is 2*pi*t*n which would require 2*pi*n*t*s of beer.

This can be written as 2 pints which is 1 quart.

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  Subject Author Date
Some ThoughtsPuzzle ThoughtsK Sengupta2023-05-08 23:46:13
Cleverjbcf052007-02-27 18:15:56
re: Measure for measurePercy2006-04-05 05:13:00
SolutionMeasure for measureDej Mar2006-04-04 00:25:30
SolutionAlgebraicallyFederico Kereki2006-04-03 09:32:24
Solutionthe greek pieAdy TZIDON2006-04-03 08:36:27
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