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Maths Week: Your Tuesday puzzle

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MATHS WEEK KICKED off at the weekend and as is our annual tradition here, we’re setting you a puzzle a day with all answers published on site on Sunday morning.

Get puzzling!

TODAY’S Q:

There are ten poles along a road, each spaced 50 metres apart.

If you run from the first pole to the tenth pole in 3 minutes what is your average speed in km/h?

All answers will be published on TheJournal.ie on Sunday morning.

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