Problem of the Week 4/25/11 – 5/2/11

Run By Jack Hamilton

The Woodchipper

Drat. The woodchipper’s clogged, and it just keeps taking in wood!

The end where the woodchips come out is blocked by something

black. If we don’t stop it very quickly, it’s gonna blow! What

would be the easiest way to prevent this disaster?

(By the way, only 3 problems left until the Grand Finale!)

Hint on back. If you solved this, write the answer or a diagram on the back in a box.

Ethan Baechtold was last week’s winner.

If I publish an impossible problem I swear I will stab myself in the heart with a rusty banana.
 The Woodchipper hint

This one teaches you to think simple. So do so.