Here is an interesting math problem that was posted to the forum.. was kind of fun to mess around with if anyone else wants to give it a go. My geometery and trig is a bit rusty but I was able to figure it out pretty easily.
"In the centre of a square pool, there is a missionary. On the corner of the pool there is a cannibal waiting to eat the missionary. The cannibal can run thrice as fast as the missionary can swim, but the missionary can run faster than the cannibal. The cannibal cannot swim. Assuming that the characters are infinitely manuverable, can the missionary escape in finite time?"
Here is an interesting math problem that was posted to the forum.. was kind of fun to mess around with if anyone else wants to give it a go. My geometery and trig is a bit rusty but I was able to figure it out pretty easily.
"In the centre of a square pool, there is a missionary. On the corner of the pool there is a cannibal waiting to eat the missionary. The cannibal can run thrice as fast as the missionary can swim, but the missionary can run faster than the cannibal. The cannibal cannot swim. Assuming that the characters are infinitely manuverable, can the missionary escape in finite time?"