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FM Thijs
Jul 16, 2010
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strangequark
Jul 16, 2010
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#2

:) It's easy to see the question though

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TheDude108
Jul 16, 2010
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#3

<laughing> Kids going to be a politician someday!

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Elroch
Jul 16, 2010
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#4

bear-faced cheek!

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Ripper89
Jul 17, 2010
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#5

yeah...a politicianLaughing...good point

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FM Thijs
Jul 17, 2010
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FM Thijs
Jul 17, 2010
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It's not their fault though. Sometimes when you try to do maths of other science problems, animals just pop up :) (mostly science-hating bears and elephants)

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Elroch
Jul 17, 2010
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It is sloppy for the writer of the problem not to have said  "You may assume that no large mammals obstruct the path of the object". Without this information, the problem is clearly indeterminate.