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06-11-2008, 05:40 AM
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Scrump's QoD 4
Heres one that will require a bit more thinking, as well as some mathematics!
 While maintaining a consistent speed driving the mathematics team to a contest, St. Patrick noticed that the bus odometer read as 21,912 miles. Being a lover of mathematical curiosities, he noticed that this number was a palindrome, reading the same backward and forward. The team sponsor said, "B'gosh and Begorrah! I bet it will be a long time before that happens again!" However, just 105 minutes later, St. Patrick took notice that the mileage was yet another palindrome! What was the slowest possible speed (MPH) the bus could have been traveling for this to occur? Good Luck!  |
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06-11-2008, 02:54 PM
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Wait ... the slowest possible speed could have been anything above 0 mph. The average speed to travel 110 mi in 105 min is the 62 mph, but that's average, not the lowest. Right?
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