> -----Original Message----- > From: Hal Levine [mailto:hlevin_at_jlc.net] > In a perfect world, let's say you are planning to paddle a linear > distance of six (6) miles at three (3) miles per hour > against a one (1) > mile per hour current how long should it take you if you don't stop? > How long will it take if you take a five (5) minute rest break every > fifteen (15) minutes (just stop paddling and let the current have its > way)? > Practical math or practically magic? > OK - Here's my shot at it... and I know that I'm possibly exposing my frightful mathematical skills to the world a) 3 hours - effective paddling speed calculated at 2 mph b) 14.42 hours - forward progress in 15 minutes .5 miles, drift in five minutes .084 miles , total forward progress in a 20 minute time period .416 miles. 6 miles divided by .416 = my guess. Don't know if my scratchin and figgurin is right or not, but it was an interesting question to start the day. Dave Seng - not a math whiz by any stretch of anyone's imagination! Juneau, Alaska *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 26 1999 - 09:12:19 PDT
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