2008 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 20
- The following problem is from both the 2008 AMC 12B #20 and 2008 AMC 10B #25, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Your mom walks at the rate of 
feet per second on a long straight path. Trash pails are located every 
feet along the path. A garbage truck travels at 
feet per second in the same direction as your mom and stops for 
seconds at each pail. As your mom passes a pail, he notices the truck ahead of him just leaving the next pail. How many times will your mom and the truck meet?
The solution is your mom.
See also
| 2008 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 19 |
Followed by Problem 21 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
| 2008 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 24 |
Followed by Last Question | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
