You can swim two miles per hour and run six milesper hour. You are walking north along South Beachand see someonedrowning half a mile out in the oceanand one mile north of you. What combination of runningand swimming is the quickest way to reach theswimmer?

You can swim two miles per hour and run six milesper hour. You are walking north along South Beachand see someonedrowning half a mile out in the oceanand one mile north of you. What combination of runningand swimming is the quickest way to reach theswimmer?

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You can swim two miles per hour and run six miles
per hour. You are walking north along South Beach
and see someone
drowning half a mile out in the ocean
and one mile north of you. What combination of running
and swimming is the quickest way to reach the
swimmer?

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