Article 4GCKF Can you solve it? Dogs in pursuit

Can you solve it? Dogs in pursuit

by
Alex Bellos
from Science | The Guardian on (#4GCKF)

A quick mental run-around

UPDATE: The solution can now be read by clicking here.

Today's problem is a classic puzzle and an excuse to post this picture of Melbourne's annual sausage dog race, the Running of the Wieners.

Four dogs are in four corners of a square of side length 1. Each dog starts running towards the dog immediately anti-clockwise to it. The dogs start at the same time, they all run at the same speed, and at every moment each dog is running directly towards the neighbouring dog.

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