Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/37 - A Side-car Problem
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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $37$
- A Side-car Problem
- Atkins, Baldwin and Clarke had to go a journey of $52$ miles across country.
- Atkins had a motor-bicycle with sidecar for one passenger.
- How was he to take one of his companions a certain distance,
- drop him on the road to walk the remainder of the way,
- and return to pick up the second friend,
- so that they should all arrive at their destination at exactly the same time?
- Of course, each went at his proper speed throughout and there was no waiting.
- I might have complicated the problem by giving more passengers,
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Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Locomotion and Speed Puzzles: $37$. -- A Side-car Problem
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Speed & Distance Puzzles: $65$. A Sidecar Problem