The Monuments
  • A circular park has a 5 mile diameter. The Veterans monument is located by entering the park from the northern most point and proceeding due south for 1 mile. Starting at the Veteran monument and going due west you would eventually reach the circumference of the park. At that point, if you go due south for 1.5 miles, you would reach the National monument. As the crow flies, how many miles apart are the two monuments?

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Contest problems and answers provided by:

David Rock
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Columbus State University

Doug Brumbaugh
brumbad@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
University of Central Florida