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Answers
to Knot 1
Problem.---- Two travelers spend from 3
o'clock till 9 in walking along a level road, up a hill,
and home again: their pace on the level being 4 miles an
hour, up hill 3, and down hill 6. Find the distance
walked: also (within half an hour) time of reaching top
of hill.
Answer.---- 24 miles: half-past 6.
Solution.---- A level mile takes 1/4 of
an hour, up hill 1/3, down hill 1/6. Hence to go and
return over the same mile, whether on the level or on the
hillside, takes 1/2 an hour. Hence in 6 hours they went
12 miles out and 12 back. If the 12 miles out had been
nearly all level, they would have taken a little over 3
hours; if nearly all up hill, a little under 4. Hence 3+(1/2)
hours must be within 1/2 an hour of the time taken in
reaching the peak; thus, as they started at 3, they got
there within 1/2 an hour of 1/2 past 6.
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