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galen  ·  3381 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski quiz: a math puzzle

Where are you in the lake? Center?





user-inactivated  ·  3381 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Center to begin. Irrelevant, though.

galen  ·  3381 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Irrelevant, though.

Start on the edge opposite the monster. Get out of the boat. Success.

wasoxygen  ·  3381 days ago  ·  link  ·  

galen’s is the best solution. But if it is vetoed, here's an effective strategy:

If you are not at the center, row to the center. From the center, identify the point directly across from the monster and row straight to it.

Followup: how fast is the fastest monster you can escape this way? And how do you escape it? I suspect that we could escape a very fast monster with adroit rowing.

user-inactivated  ·  3381 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Okay, no, I screwed up the question, as I knew I would. I'm going to try to find a writeup, but the problem is my friend failed to provide me with a name.

wasoxygen  ·  3380 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think you told it right; I screwed up my answer. Or else it was a bluff so next time my confident tone will not convey as much information to you.

user-inactivated  ·  3380 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hey, there it is!

user-inactivated  ·  3381 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Who's to say you get to choose where you are before he does?

galen  ·  3381 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I didn't say you did get to choose, I was refuting your claim that where one starts is irrelevant.

user-inactivated  ·  3380 days ago  ·  link  ·  
user-inactivated  ·  3381 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah well I screwed the question up anyway. The solution involves actual math :<