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1.  Rock climbing:  Amy is just learning how to rock climb.  Her instructor takes her to a 26-foot climbing wall for her first time.  She climbs 5 feet in 2 minutes but then slips back 2 feet in 10 seconds.  This pattern (up 5 feet, down 2 feet) continues until she reaches the top.  How long will it take her to reach the top of the wall?

 

 

  1. Dangerous Manuevers:  Somewhere in the Mojave Desert, the army set up training camps named Arachnid, feline, Canine, Lupine, Bovine, and Thirty-Nine.  Several camps are connected by roads: 

·         Arachnid is 15 miles from Canine,

·         Bovine is 12 miles from Lupine,

·         Feline is 6 miles from Thirty-Niine,

·         Lupine is 3 miles from Canine,

·         Bovine is 9 miles from Thiry-Nine,

·         Bovine is 7 miles from Canine,

·         Thirty-Nine is 1 mile from Arachnid, and

·         Feline is 11 miles from Lupine. 

 

 

 

No other pairs of training camps are connected by roads.  Answer each of the following questions (in each answer, indicate both the mileage and the route):  What is the shortest route from

a)     Feline to Bovine?

b)     Lupine to Thirty-Nine?

c)     Canine to Feline?

d)     Arachnid to Lupine?

e)     Canine to Thirty-Nine

f)     Lupine to Bovine?

g)     Arachnid to Feline?
3.  Circular Table:  In Amanda and Emily’s apartment, a round table is shoved into the corner of the room.  The table touches the walls at points that are 17 inches apart.  How far is te center of the table from the corner of the room?