Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to blow up the headquarters of SMERSH. Your name is Bond, James Bond, and you better know your calculus.
You will be dropped in deepest Siberia on the south edge of a river (frozen over already thanks to La Nina) which is three miles across and flows (when not frozen) east to west. Exactly 6 miles to the north and 4 miles west of your current position is the secret headquarters. After planting the bomb, you must make it back as fast as possible so that you aren't blown up when it goes kaboom. All we can provide you with is the following informaiton:
1.) The timing delay can be set for a maximum of 90 minutes.
2.) Your predecessor (secret agent 006) walked straight north across the ice river in 1 hour, then walked 3 miles due north and 4 miles due west in a total of 1 hour and 24 minutes. He was captured prior to planting his bomb, however.
3.) Your speed on the ice is identical to your predecessor, but you speend on land twice as fast.
4.) Your bomb has a maximum effect of 7 miles.
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1.) What is the shortest amount of time that is possible for you to travel from SMERSH headquarters back to the drop off spot?
2.) Will you be blown up on your way to the drop off spot if you move along the path that you must travel to obtain the shortest amount of time?
You will be dropped in deepest Siberia on the south edge of a river (frozen over already thanks to La Nina) which is three miles across and flows (when not frozen) east to west. Exactly 6 miles to the north and 4 miles west of your current position is the secret headquarters. After planting the bomb, you must make it back as fast as possible so that you aren't blown up when it goes kaboom. All we can provide you with is the following informaiton:
1.) The timing delay can be set for a maximum of 90 minutes.
2.) Your predecessor (secret agent 006) walked straight north across the ice river in 1 hour, then walked 3 miles due north and 4 miles due west in a total of 1 hour and 24 minutes. He was captured prior to planting his bomb, however.
3.) Your speed on the ice is identical to your predecessor, but you speend on land twice as fast.
4.) Your bomb has a maximum effect of 7 miles.
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1.) What is the shortest amount of time that is possible for you to travel from SMERSH headquarters back to the drop off spot?
2.) Will you be blown up on your way to the drop off spot if you move along the path that you must travel to obtain the shortest amount of time?
