Week # 6 Winter 2000

If you like living dangerously, you will have a
chance to solve the WSU Math Department's


 
 

THE DEATH OF
RICKY MARTIN
 
 

Ricky Martin decides to start living "la vida peligrosa". He finds himself on a railway bridge joining A to B, 3/8 of the way across from A. He hears a train approaching A; it is traveling 80 kph. If he runs towards A, he will meet the train at A. If he runs towards B, the train will overtake him at B. How fast can he run?

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