Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/47 - The Runner's Refreshment
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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $47$
- The Runner's Refreshment
- A man runs $n$ times round a circular track whose radius is $t$ miles.
- He drinks $s$ quarts of beer for every mile that he runs.
- Prove that he will only need one quart!
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Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Locomotion and Speed Puzzles: $47$. -- The Runner's Refreshment
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Speed & Distance Puzzles: $75$. The Runner's Refreshment