Riddles and Puzzles

[benb]

Gone with the dogs
The writer Jack London had to go from Skagway to a remote camp in a sled pulled by 5 husky dogs. For 24 hours the dogs pulled the sled at full speed.
Then 2 dogs ran off with a pack of wolves, and the sled was slowed down proportionally. Jack reached camp 48 hours later than he planned. "If those 2 huskies had held on for 50 more miles, I would have been only half as late."
How far was the camp from Skagway and how long did it take Jack to get there?

So in other words 50 miles at full capacity is 24h faster than 50 miles at 0.6 capacity.
Therefore full capacity speed is 1.4 mph (ignoring the remainder)

Doing some sums, his original plan must have been 132 hours (5.5 days) at 1.4mph which is 184.8 miles
The actual journey took him 180 hours - 8.5 days.

Is that right? If not, why?

 

[benb]

Well?

 

[classic33]

Well?

1 out of three.
Although your answer makes more sense.
I'm using both the answer & question as agreed by the poster.

 

[nickyboy]

Well?

I think your speed is correct. But @classic33 is being a bit pedantic regarding the 184.8miles, you should have used the accurate speed, not the rounded number
180 hours is 7.5 days, not 8.5

 

[classic33]

I think your speed is correct. But @classic33 is being a bit pedantic regarding the 184.8miles, you should have used the accurate speed, not the rounded number
180 hours is 7.5 days, not 8.5

No, it was rounded up in the answer to this!

I don't think anyone will agree with the given answer.

 

[benb]

No, it was rounded up in the answer to this!

I don't think anyone will agree with the given answer.

In which case, I will take the moral victory and ask you to enlighten us.

 

[classic33]

Arrainge The Letters
How should the top set of letters be arrainged over the lower set of letters?

A B C D E F G

J F M A M J J A S O N D

 

[Easytigers]

Musical scale?? But I'm not aware of any song that's used to learn the months of the year. Hmmm???

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 2936065, member: 30090"]Months of the year[/quote]
There's two sets of letters.
And if months of the year what months spelling starts with G?

 

[AndyRM]

C D E F G A B C D E F G

J F M A M J J A S O N D

Going from left to right on a musical keyboard, assuming that the months correspond to the keys?

 

[classic33]

C D E F G A B C D E F G

J F M A M J J A S O N D

Going from left to right on a musical keyboard, assuming that the months correspond to the keys?

You've added letters!
Only those in the question required. Any more & it'll get confusing.

 

[classic33]

Musical scale?? But I'm not aware of any song that's used to learn the months of the year. Hmmm???

I take it you never saw Grease II then!

 

[AndyRM]

You've added letters!
Only those in the question required. Any more & it'll get confusing.

Hmmmm... Something to do with solfege then?!

 

[classic33]

Hmmmm... Something to do with solfege then?!

Nope!

 

[nickyboy]

Is it something to do with months with 31 days? There are seven of those and there are seven letters. So is this on the right track?

A B C D E F G
J F M A M J J A S O N D

Edit - for some reason the A-G letters don't format into the correct places. They should be above the months with 31 days