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TAR 18 Ep 9 "We're Good American People" (Switzerland)
DrRox:
--- Quote from: Lucybell on April 26, 2011, 07:18:56 AM ---The general consensus is; Gary already knew the right number and Herb just confirmed it. Gary probably would have shared the number with Jet. The other teams didn't use the U-Turn because they knew multiple teams were behind them. The Trotters used it because they knew the Cowboys had the ability to beat them, they were too close for comfort. The Cowboys were good and yes everyone was aware of it but I don't think anyone, maybe with the exception of KENT and Vxysin, had it out for them.
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Jet and Cord arrived in Zermatt ONE HOUR behind G/M, K/V, FT/BE and 1.5 Hours behind Z/J, K/J. It appears it took about one hour to do either detour. Give FT/BE an extra 15 minutes to retrieve the lost receipts.......that means they were ahead 30-45 minutes when they U-Turned Jet and Cord........they were in no way in jepardy of being caught.
Lucybell:
--- Quote from: DrRox on April 26, 2011, 07:29:09 AM ---
--- Quote from: Lucybell on April 26, 2011, 07:18:56 AM ---The general consensus is; Gary already knew the right number and Herb just confirmed it. Gary probably would have shared the number with Jet. The other teams didn't use the U-Turn because they knew multiple teams were behind them. The Trotters used it because they knew the Cowboys had the ability to beat them, they were too close for comfort. The Cowboys were good and yes everyone was aware of it but I don't think anyone, maybe with the exception of KENT and Vxysin, had it out for them.
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Jet and Cord arrived in Zermatt ONE HOUR behind G/M, K/V, FT/BE and 1.5 Hours behind Z/J, K/J. It appears it took about one hour to do either detour. Give FT/BE an extra 15 minutes to retrieve the lost receipts.......that means they were ahead 30-45 minutes when they U-Turned Jet and Cord........they were in no way in jepardy of being caught.
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I don't think the Trotters used the U-Turn to turn a knife in the boys back (just to be mean), they used it to ensure there would be absolutely no way the boys could beat them. It doesn't matter if they had 30 or 45 minutes on the Boys, they are a good team, everyone knew it and it was simply as insurance. I mean, what if they got lost, the Taxi lost power or got a flat tire... That 30-45 minute lead could have easily been lost. Just sayin'.
georgiapeach:
Finale questions and discussions go HERE:
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,24308.msg583098.html#msg583098
gator27:
--- Quote from: Lucybell on April 26, 2011, 07:47:59 AM ---
--- Quote from: DrRox on April 26, 2011, 07:29:09 AM ---
--- Quote from: Lucybell on April 26, 2011, 07:18:56 AM ---The general consensus is; Gary already knew the right number and Herb just confirmed it. Gary probably would have shared the number with Jet. The other teams didn't use the U-Turn because they knew multiple teams were behind them. The Trotters used it because they knew the Cowboys had the ability to beat them, they were too close for comfort. The Cowboys were good and yes everyone was aware of it but I don't think anyone, maybe with the exception of KENT and Vxysin, had it out for them.
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Jet and Cord arrived in Zermatt ONE HOUR behind G/M, K/V, FT/BE and 1.5 Hours behind Z/J, K/J. It appears it took about one hour to do either detour. Give FT/BE an extra 15 minutes to retrieve the lost receipts.......that means they were ahead 30-45 minutes when they U-Turned Jet and Cord........they were in no way in jepardy of being caught.
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I don't think the Trotters used the U-Turn to turn a knife in the boys back (just to be mean), they used it to ensure there would be absolutely no way the boys could beat them. It doesn't matter if they had 30 or 45 minutes on the Boys, they are a good team, everyone knew it and it was simply as insurance. I mean, what if they got lost, the Taxi lost power or got a flat tire... That 30-45 minute lead could have easily been lost. Just sayin'.
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And when the Trotters got to the W-Turn box, they do not know what the next clue says. For all they knew, they had another task before heading to the PitStop. Strategically U-Turning the Cowboys was the right thing to do.
Polaroid:
--- Quote from: DrRox on April 26, 2011, 05:31:41 AM ---Slowhatch............
--- Quote from: Slowhatch on April 25, 2011, 10:33:39 PM ---Here is his tally, taken from a cap at the border crossing. I can't make any sense of it. ???
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The computation on the left is extra distance Jet had traveled when he meet Gary (6.81 km ?). The computation on the right was at the end. It has Jet's odometer reading on top ( 28.xx km) and the first computation. What Jet did, was to add, instead of subtracting. If he would have subtracted the final computation, he would have had 22 km, instead of 35 km.
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I don't see how he would have gotten the correct answer even if subtracted at the end. Assuming that the extra distance Jet traveled is 6.81 km, to get to his answer 35 km, he would have an odometer reading of 28.19 km. If he subtracted, he still wouldn't have gotten 22 km, even if he rounded... Unless he doesn't know how to round. :duno:
It's hard to make out what he wrote. When Gary met up with Jet, Gary said he had 10.75 km while Jet had 17.5 km... That would've given him 6.75 km... except I don't think I see it on the piece of paper. :nut:
Assuming that racers rounded their answers, he would have needed a number somewhere between 28.25 km to 29.24 km to be able to subtract 6.75 km to get the answer.
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