A space rocket has 3 stages:
- stage 1, s1;
- stage 2, s2;
- stage 3, s3.
If s1 burns 3 x as long as s2 which burns 2 x as long as s3 then how long did s3 burn if the total burn time was tt minutes? How long did s2 burn? s1?
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The main problem is the r1 and r2 not being explained but I loved it once I knew what those were supposed to be.
yogurt
r1 and r2 aren't mentioned in the problem at all, and they're crucial to the grading. When it says "s2 is 2*s1", that (2) is variable and is equal to r2.
r1 and r2 not mentioned in problem at all, made it much more frustrating and time consuming than it had to be.