That may be so depending on the question asked. The question as written is
and as I read it was - "How fast must you drive the 2nd mile to average
60MPH?". You've already driven the first mile so that doesn't count any
more therefore to average 60mph for the second mile you must travel at
60mph. Can you tell I enjoy cryptic crosswords? And also why people get
frustrated in the rallies I direct.
I can't do maths but boy can I argue!
Peter Westcott
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From: Ajhsys@aol.com
To: toobmany@bigpond.com; spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Airliner
Date: Tuesday, 13 April 1999 0:11
In a message dated 4/12/99 8:27:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
toobmany@bigpond.com writes:
<< Now, what's the answer to the average speed question? Or was
I asleep?
>>
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The answer was that you already used up all your time at 30MPH, so you
can't
go fast enough to have an average speed of 60MPH over 2 miles. (The first
mile was at 30 and took you 2 minutes -- to do 2 miles at 60 would take
only
2 minutes -- but you used the 2 minutes going 30.)
The answer, given by the original poster, who has now been forgotten
(Sorry!), was that the second mile would have to be done at light speed to
compress time to zero, allowing an average speed of 60MPH over the two
miles.
Not very practical because it would assume instantaneous acceleration to
light speed and you would not be in very good physical condition after
that,
nor would your LBC.
I should point out that this time compression thingy would ONLY be from the
point of view of the occupant of the (ridiculously fast) LBC. His/her
clock
would stop at light speed. An observer would experience the time it takes
to
go that second mile at light speed, which is fairly short (0.000005376
second), but, nonetheless, would still occur, making the actual average
speed
just under 60MPH!
For more information, read the book, "Alice in Quantumland" by Robert
Gilmore. If you can synchronize dual carburetors, you can understand this
book.
Okay, enough riddles, back to LBC content.
Allen Hefner (quantum physics are us)
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsuibishi Expo LRV Sport
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