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Today Puzzle #693

Puzzle No. 693 – Tuesday 10 March

This year is the 50th anniversary of the inspirational novella Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Jonathan's life is not about the daily squabbles for food. Jonathan Livingston Seagull instead finds meaning in life through flying and teaching others to fly better and higher. In one of his classes, his student Fletcher starts flying at 9am at 20mph. Jonathan starts 30 minutes later and flies at 25 mph. At what time will the teacher and student meet each other?

Today’s #PuzzleForToday has been set by Bobby Seagull, school maths teacher, author and Cambridge University Doctorate student.

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11.30am.

In the 30 minutes that Fletcher starts flying before Jonathan, Fletcher has travelled 10 miles. The difference in speeds between the two is 5mph. So it will take Jonathan two more hours to catch up the 10 miles head start.

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