March 1, 2010
Problem of the Week
for Monday, March 1, 2010
Barbara has had hip surgery and her doctor recommends that she walk three miles every day. He has given her an odometer to wear which records the distance she walks. Her first three mile walk felt awfully long. Then she realized that the odometer was set for a walking pace of one foot per stride. It turns out that Barbara's stride length is twenty inches. How far did she actually walk?