Question 172884
another way to look at this is thru elimination
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we are given that the 3rd kilometer marker has a zero in between the numbers.
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so we only have so many numbers to check to see if they fit the rest of the criteria, which is the two numbers that surround the zero are numbers that are reversed at the other two markers and that his speed is constant.
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102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109  
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so our possible numbers are 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 and those numbers reversed
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21-12=9........102-21=81
31-13=18.......103-31=72
41-14=27.......104-41=63
51-15=36.......105-51=54
{{{highlight(61-16=45)}}}.......{{{highlight(106-61=45)}}}the only ones that fit
71-17=54.......107-17=36
81-18=63.......108-18=27
91-19=72.......109-91=18
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so at a steady 45km/hr he passed milestone 16,61,and 106.......took him a little over a 1/3 of an hour to reach the first kilometer stone of 16