Last Problem
Sally’s family is going to her Mom’s home
in Atlanta on Thanksgiving day. It takes
her two and a half hours to get to her
Mom’s home due to bad traffic. They
are an hour late.
The traffic is just as bad on the
return home, but she made it back
home in 150 minutes. How did she do
this?
Answer:
The trip takes the same amount
of time – 2 1/2 hours equals 150
minutes at 60 mph.
Today’s problem
The king of Estonia is 95 and
needs at long last to hand over
his throne to one of his sons.
But which one? He decides to ask
the sons to run a horse race.
Unlike a traditional horse race
however, the son with the slower
horse will be declared the winner
and will gain the throne the
following day.
For obvious reasons, each son
feared the other would cheat
and have his horse run
slower than it is capable of
running. One of the two sons –
the ambitious one – sought out
advice from the court jester.
What was the jester’s advice?
Find the answer here tomorrow