The Elderberries by Corey Pandolph and Phil Frank and Joe Troise for November 23, 2014
Transcript:
Woman: Evelyn! We've heard rumors that the Professor is writing a romance novel... Evelyn: Really? Hee... hee.. Professor: Aha! Evelyn! Would you come here for a moment? I'd like you to read this love scene, and tell me if it needs more a woman's touch... Evelyn: OKay. "She entered the train station and saw him instantly! He leapt to his feet. She wondered to herself... if the station was 100 yards wide and she ran at 3mph and he ran 2mph, how much time would elapse before they kissed?" Professor: i don't know... it just lacks something...
Relative 5 mph is 5280/3600 mph which is 22/3 feet per second. They cover 300 feet in (22/3) seconds is 900/22 or about 40.9 seconds. Lots of simplification assumed here, like instant acceleration and deceleration.