Question
You are pulling a raft up a river. You can make 15 miles each day. Each night, while you are asleep, however, the current pushes the raft 3 miles back downstream. If you set out on Tuesday to get to a town 85 miles upstream, on which day will you arrive?
Answer choices
1. Monday
2. Wednesday
3. Tuesday
Answer choices
1. Monday
2. Wednesday
3. Tuesday
Answers
Steve
each day you make 12 miles
After 6 days you have gone 72 miles
on the 7th day you'd make it to mile 87, so you're done.
so, what day is that?
After 6 days you have gone 72 miles
on the 7th day you'd make it to mile 87, so you're done.
so, what day is that?