POTM+4

Problem of the month (POTM) #4

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**Two horses approach each other along the same country road, one walking at 8 mph, and the other at 7 mph. When the horses are 15 miles apart, a horsefly leaves one horse and flies at 25 mph towards the other. No sooner does the fly reach that horse than it turns around (losing no time on the turn) and returns to the first horse. If the fly continues to fly back and forth between the approaching horses, how far has the fly flown when the horses meet?**


 * __Round 1 - to be submitted by December 14th__**

Team 1 = {NI,MT, JY, KZ} Team 2 = {KB, JH, JK, JT} Team 3 = {KM, JR, MS, BS} Team 4 = {RC, KS, JT, ST} Team 5 = {MB, AC, KG, DH} Team 6 = {CM, MR, OS} Team 7 = {JC, JE, CF} Team 8 = {SC, PG, SL}

Teams 1 & 2 Teams 3 & 4 Teams 5 & 6 Teams 7 & 8
 * __Round 2 - to be submitted by December 22th__**

Teams 1 - 4 Teams 5 - 8 Entire Class
 * __Round 3 - to be submitted by January 8th__**
 * __Final Round - to be submitted by January 15th__**