Thanks!
Problem 2:
36 can be fatorated into 2*2*3*3 = 36. Therefore, the possibilities are:
4, 3, 3 , day 10
6, 2, 3, day 11
9, 2, 2 day 13
There is when my English starts to itch my head on something: if that son is the "eldest" and not the "elder", does that mean he has another son who is...
(Consider a "portion" as being a section of track between two canisters)
We already know it's possible to divide both the total amount of fuel (F) and the total length (U) in the same number of partitions. Therefore, ##U = F##.
If we number all the canisters (from 1 to n) in their respective...
I see the mistake now!
The clarification from @mfb is something I really didn't considerate. I'm having trouble my initial logic, so I'll try a different approach:
Considering U = units of distance and F = units of fuel. Since the total amount of fuel is always enough for the car to complete...
For question 2: Yes.
Let's divide the track in 360 equal parts (360 degrees)
Summing all diesel canisters, the car is able to complete at least one full cycle, which means each canister contains an amount of fuel that is enough for the car to run a mininum distance of L = 360/n (n being the...