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== Problem ==
 
== Problem ==
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In the middle of a vast prairie, a firetruck is stationed at the intersection of two perpendicular straight highways. The truck travels at <math>50</math> miles per hour along the highways and at <math>14</math> miles per hour across the prairie. Consider the set of points that can be reached by the firetruck within six minutes. The area of this region is <math>m/n</math> square miles, where <math>m</math> and <math>n</math> are relatively prime positive integers. Find <math>m + n</math>.
  
 
== Solution ==
 
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* [[2000 AIME II Problems]]
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Revision as of 19:15, 11 November 2007

Problem

In the middle of a vast prairie, a firetruck is stationed at the intersection of two perpendicular straight highways. The truck travels at $50$ miles per hour along the highways and at $14$ miles per hour across the prairie. Consider the set of points that can be reached by the firetruck within six minutes. The area of this region is $m/n$ square miles, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$.

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See also

2000 AIME II (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 12
Followed by
Problem 14
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