Burning Island
Willywutang is hanging out on a heavily forested island that's really narrow: it's a narrow strip of land that's ten miles long. let's label one end of the strip A, and the other end B. a fire has started at A, and the fire is moving toward B at the rate of 1 mph. at the same time, there's a 2 mph wind blowing in the direction from A toward B. what can willywu do to save himself from burning to death?! assume that willywu can't swim and there are no boats, jetcopters, teleportation devices, etc.. (if he does nothing, willywu will be toast after at most 10 hours, since 10 miles / 1 mph = 10 hours)
posted by Foobar @ 6:57 AM
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He will get a burning stick and start a fire somewhere in between A and B such that by the time the fire reaches it, the other secion wud have burned down, and there s nuthing left to burn and so he gets saved.
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