Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!godot!ima!pbear!peterb From: peterb@pbear.UUCP Newsgroups: net.puzzle Subject: Re: a good interview question Message-ID: <91@pbear.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Mar-85 02:59:35 EST Article-I.D.: pbear.91 Posted: Sun Mar 10 02:59:35 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 20:20:41 EST Lines: 43 Nf-ID: #R:ssc-bee:-30200:pbear:27200001:000:661 Nf-From: pbear!peterb Mar 9 18:19:00 1985 If you don't want the answer, hit n now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ok, The problem: town a to town b is two miles. first mile is travelled at 30 mph question: what speed is needed to average 60 mph. First mile is travelled at 30 mph, or 2 minute miles. 2 miles@60 is 2 minutes, so no matter what speed you travel at, you can not get 60mph average. So if you are asked this question (as I was in an interview), some possible answers to keep in your head are: 1) Indeterminate. (division by 0) 2) Infinite. 3) What do I care, math and marketing don't mix! :-) Peter Barada ima!Pbear!peterb