The Pearlsburg (West Virginia) Rescue Squad serves a mountainous, rural area in southern West Virginia.
Pearlsburg 구조대는 West Virginia의 산골 지역에서 근무한다.
The only access to the homes, farms, and small crossroad communities and villages is a network of dirt, gravel, and poorly paved roads.
지저분하고 자갈이 많은 비포장도로만이 집과 농장, 그리고 각 마을을 이어주는 유일한 길이다.
The rescue squad had just returned from an emergency at Blake's Crossing, and two of the squad members, Melanie Hart and Ben Cross, were cleaning up and getting the truck back in proper order for the next call.
방금 Blake's Crossing에서 긴급 구조 활동을 마치고 온 구조대의 일원인 Melanie Hart와 Ben Cross는 다음 출동에 대비하여 청소를 한 후 트럭에 올라탔다.
"You know, Ben," said Melanie,
"that was close. We could have lost little Randy if we had been a few minutes later in getting to their farm."
Melanie가 말하길 “이봐 Ben, 너무 아슬아슬 했어. 농장에 몇 분만 늦게 도착했으면 어린 Randy를 잃을 뻔 했어”
"Yep,"said Ben.
Ben이 말했다. "그래“
After a moment Melanie continued, "I was sort of wondering about the route Dave took to get there. It seems to me of we had gone around by Cedar Creek, we could have gotten there a few minutes sooner. And as close as things got, a few minutes could have made a big difference, don't you think?"
잠시 후 Melanie이 말하길 “Dave가 그 곳에 도착한 것에 대해 생각해 봤어. 내 생각에 우리가 Cedar Creek 주변을 빙 둘러서 간 것 같아 우린 몇분 정도는 일찍 그곳에 도착해야 했는데 말이야. 급박한 상황일수록 몇 분 차이가 아주 다른 결과를 초래하지, 안 그래?”
"Yep,"said Ben.
Ben이 말했다. “그래 나도 그렇게 생각해.”
"Well, I was wondering, Ben, why don't we study all these different ways to get to the little communities and farms around here so we will always know what the quickest way to all the different places is?"
“그런데 의문스런운 점이 있어. Ben, 우리가 각기 다른 장소를 가는데 가장 빠른 거리를 알기 위해서 마을과 농장을 잇는 전부 다른 길에 대해 한 번 연구해 보는 것이 어떨까?”
Ben thought a moment before answering.
"It would take us a while to time all the different ways you could get from here to everywhere we go."
Ben이 잠시 생각한 후 대답했다.
“이곳에서 우리가 가는 모든 곳까지 모든 다른 길을 재는 데는 시간이 좀 걸릴거야.“
"That's true," Melanie answered, "but I've been studying a way to work out this sort of problem in one of my college courses. All we have to do is get the times it takes to travel each piece of road between all these little communities and I think I can do the rest. Will you help me?"
Melanie이 대답했다 “그건 그래. 하지만 대학에서 이런 종류의 문제를 해결하는 방법에 대해 공부한 적이 있거든. 각각의 마을을 잊는 도로를 돌아다니는데 걸리는 시간을 알아야할 것 같아. 좀 도와줄래?”
“Sure," Ben said.
“물론” Ben이 말했다.
"Okay, then, here's what we'll do. I'll write down all the routes you should time, and I'll time the rest all the way over to Holbrook."
“좋아, 그러면 우리가 해야 할 일이 나오는군. 각 경로 간 걸리는 시간과 Holbrook까지의 모든 길에 대해 걸리는 시간을 기록해야겠네.”
Here is the combined list of times (in minutes) Melanie and Ben compiled for all the route segments between Pearlsburg and Holbrook.
Melanie과 Ben이 수집한 Pearlsburg와 Holbrook 사이의 거리가 분 단위로 기록된 리스트가 있다.
segment / time
Pearlsburg to Kitchen Corner /10
Stone House to Black's Crossing /10
Pearlsburg to Quarry /15
Cedar Creek to Wellis Farm /17
Pearlsburg to Morgan Creek /12
Cedar Creek to Homer /5
Kitchen Corner to Cutter's Store /20
Cutter's Stone to Black's Crossing /12
Kitchen Corner to Stone House /14
Cutter's Stone to Bottom Town /14
Kitchen Corner to Quarry /8
Black's Crossing to Bottom Town /6
Quarry to Black's Crossing /18
Black's Crossing to Holbrook /15
Quarry to Cedar Creek /9
Black's Crossing to Wellis Farm /9
Morgan Creek to Quarry /16
Homer to Wellis Farm /11
Morgan Creek to Cedar Creek /7
Homer to McKinney Farm /8
Morgan Creek to Homer /18
McKinney Farm to Wellis Farm /21
Morgan Creek to McKinney Farm /11
Wellis Farm to Holbrook /10
Stone House to Cuter's Store /10
Bottom Town to Holobrook /12
Stone House to Blake's Crossing /6
Determine the shortest routes from Pearsburg to all the different communities and farms visited by the rescue squad.
(구조대가 Pearlsburg에서 다른 모든 마을로 갈 수 있는 최단 거리를 구하라.)
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