-Bri
]]>When you start the fire in the middle why does it spread westward against the wind direction? This puzzle has come up before and I gave an alternative solution in post 6 of
http://www.mathisfunforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=20864
Bob
]]>Can't the man do this?
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So the man will survive the fire as
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(Assuming it is blowing a east wind)
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And it will go out.
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