2 Dec
2006
2 Dec
'06
9:50 p.m.
On 12/2/06, Fred lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
Since I can't meet Ed's challenge, I'll substitute a (gentler) problem of my own ----
Four cities, no three lying on a straight line, are linked by straight roads, each stretching an integer number of miles. The first road is 2 miles long; how long are the other five?
I think this problem, or maybe just a similar one, is solved in Ian Stewart's column entitled "A six-pack for the tree gods", collected in his book _Another Vine Math You've Got Me Into_ if memory serves me, which it may not ... --Joshua Zucker