BBC RADIO 4: Today: Puzzle for Today

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    The Derbyshire Ale Trail sees people travel back and forth between the 7 stations drinking a pint in each station pub. Trains stopping at all the stations depart from the 1st and 7th stations on every hour. Every half hour trains depart from stations 1 and 7, whose only midline stop is station 4. Knowing each adjacent station is 10 minutes train ride apart and a pint takes 30 minutes to drink, what is the quickest time in which someone starting at station 1 could complete the Ale Trail?

    ~Today’s #PuzzleForToday has been set by Dr Geoff Evatt, School of Mathematics, University of Manchester

    Period31 Jul 2019

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    • TitlePuzzle for Today
      Media name/outletBBC Radio 4
      Media typeRadio
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date31/07/19
      Description
      Puzzle No. 535 – Wednesday 31 July

      The Derbyshire Ale Trail sees people travel back and forth between the 7 stations drinking a pint in each station pub. Trains stopping at all the stations depart from the 1st and 7th stations on every hour. Every half hour trains depart from stations 1 and 7, whose only midline stop is station 4. Knowing each adjacent station is 10 minutes train ride apart and a pint takes 30 minutes to drink, what is the quickest time in which someone starting at station 1 could complete the Ale Trail?

      Today’s #PuzzleForToday has been set by Dr Geoff Evatt, School of Mathematics, University of Manchester
      URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5QRJVT9znHc1w4BxlV4HndR/puzzle-for-today
      PersonsGeoffrey Evatt
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    • mathematics