Evil Mathematicians: The Train Hijacking
A mathematician has hijacked two trains, and the briefing to the President turns into a classic rate word problem.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-02-01-history-s-most-evil-mathematicians--evil-mathematicians-the-train-hijacking/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"It's worse than we feared, Mr. President. The mathematician hijacked two trains: one left Cleveland at 2pm traveling 40 mph, and the other is leaving Pittsburgh…"