Dear Pythagoras Johnson

Dear Dr. Newt,


Train A is leaving Dildo, Newfoundland at 6 a.m. headed for Kapuskasing, Ontario at a speed of 80 kilometres per hour and Train B is leaving at 7:20 a.m. from Kapuskasing for Dildo at 110 kilometres per hour. At what point on the trip will they crash into one another?


Signed,

Pythagoras Johnson



Dr Newt helps with your math homework. As if Newts do math.

Episode Annotation: Dear Pythagoras Johnson

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