Chambers wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>>   I have hard time parsing that question.
>>
>> It *is* messed up. The usual question is something like
>>
>> You have a race two miles long. For the first mile, one car goes 60MPH 
>> and the other goes 30MPH. How fast does the other car have to go to 
>> finish the race at the same time as the one going 60MPH?
>>
> 
> In the time it takes the second car to go one mile, the first car 
> finishes the race.

That's the trick question. Of course, this one was poorly worded, because I 
said "for the first mile" and I intended that to refer to the faster car. If 
it refers to the slower car, yes, it's a trick question. It shows whether 
you actually think before you answer. :-)

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
   I get "focus follows gaze"?

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