http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2005/12/the-eagle/ The Math Factor Podcast Site Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2005/12/the-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:15:55 +0000 http://theserver.uark.edu/~strauss/?p=45#comment-949 I only ask the question because I brought up a similar question with my Calculus 1 with Analytic class involving an insect that flies between two approaching trains until they collide.
[spoiler] Wolfram MathWorld has an article that discusses the distance = rate * time solution as well as the infinite summation for the version of the problem they have. I think I remember the definition of area being given as an infinite limit of summation, which could also be expressed with an integral.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/TwoTrainsPuzzle.html [/spoiler]

]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2005/12/the-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:56:56 +0000 http://theserver.uark.edu/~strauss/?p=45#comment-947 Mebbe, but there are some much simpler ways to go about things! The answer we discuss is probably the simplest…

]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2005/12/the-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:45:57 +0000 http://theserver.uark.edu/~strauss/?p=45#comment-942 Could the eagle problem be solved using integrals?

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