The Camper and the Burning Tent - Jan. 3-7, 1994
A camper is off picking berries. He is strolling along, bucket full of berries in hand, when he sees that his tent is on fire. Luckily, he is near a river, so he can run to the river, fill his bucket with water, and run to the tent to put the fire out. The question: Where should he go along the bank of the river should he fill the bucket to make his trip as short as possible and have the greatest chance of saving his tent?
Correct solutions to the problem were submitted by:
- Nick Szmyd Grade 10, Shaler Area High School
- Bipin Mujumdar Grade 10, Shaler Area Senior High School
Alternate solutions,
which aren't exactly what we were "mathematically" looking for, but certainly aren't incorrect, were submitted by:
- Larureanna Raymond Grade 10, Edgerton High School, Edgerton, WI
- Willy Deutschbauer and Chuck Raida Grade 12, Shaler Area High School
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