2019 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 18
Problem
Henry decides one morning to do a workout, and he walks of the way from his home to his gym. The gym is
kilometers away from Henry's home. At that point, he changes his mind and walks
of the way from where he is back toward home. When he reaches that point, he changes his mind again and walks
of the distance from there back toward the gym. If Henry keeps changing his mind when he has walked
of the distance toward either the gym or home from the point where he last changed his mind, he will get very close to walking back and forth between a point
kilometers from home and a point
kilometers from home. What is
?
Solution
See Also
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