Bob is going from his house to his uncle Sam's house in another state. He started running. After a while he switches to a bicycle. After a while he switches to a truck. After a while he switches to a sports car. After a while he switches to a helicopter. In each segment he travels twice as fast and for twice the time period of the previous mode of transportation. His total trip's take two hours and four minutes. If he ran at a speed of 15 ft per second. How far is uncle Sam's home.

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He started running.

he ran at a speed of 15 ft per second.

In each segment he travels twice as fast and for twice the time period of the previous mode of transportation.

After a while he switches to a bicycle.
2 * 15 = 20 ft per second

Take it from there.

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To find the distance to Uncle Sam's house, we need to determine the total distance covered by Bob during each segment of his journey.

Let's break down Bob's trip into segments:
1. Running: Let's say Bob runs for time t1. Given that he runs at a speed of 15 ft per second, we can calculate the distance covered during this segment as distance1 = (15 ft/s) * t1.

2. Bicycling: Bob switches to a bicycle and travels for twice the time as the running segment. The speed of the bicycle would be twice as fast as running, which is 2 * 15 ft/s = 30 ft/s. So, Bob travels for 2 * t1 time during this segment. Therefore, the distance covered on the bicycle would be distance2 = (30 ft/s) * (2 * t1).

3. Truck: Bob switches to a truck and travels for twice the time as the previous segment. The speed of the truck would be twice as fast as the bicycle, which is 2 * 30 ft/s = 60 ft/s. So, Bob travels for 2 * (2 * t1) time during this segment. Therefore, the distance covered in the truck would be distance3 = (60 ft/s) * (2 * (2 * t1)).

4. Sports car: Bob switches to a sports car and travels for twice the time as the truck segment. The speed of the sports car would be twice as fast as the truck, which is 2 * 60 ft/s = 120 ft/s. So, Bob travels for 2 * (2 * (2 * t1)) time during this segment. Therefore, the distance covered in the sports car would be distance4 = (120 ft/s) * (2 * (2 * (2 * t1))).

5. Helicopter: Bob switches to a helicopter and travels for twice the time as the sports car segment. The speed of the helicopter would be twice as fast as the sports car, which is 2 * 120 ft/s = 240 ft/s. So, Bob travels for 2 * (2 * (2 * (2 * t1))) time during this segment. Therefore, the distance covered in the helicopter would be distance5 = (240 ft/s) * (2 * (2 * (2 * (2 * t1)))).

Now, let's calculate the total distance:
Total distance = distance1 + distance2 + distance3 + distance4 + distance5

Given that the total trip takes 2 hours and 4 minutes, we need to convert this time into seconds:
2 hours = 2 * 60 * 60 = 7200 seconds
4 minutes = 4 * 60 = 240 seconds
Total time = 7200 seconds + 240 seconds = 7440 seconds

Now, we have the equation:
distance1 + distance2 + distance3 + distance4 + distance5 = Total distance

Plugging in the values, we get:
(15 ft/s) * t1 + (30 ft/s) * (2 * t1) + (60 ft/s) * (2 * (2 * t1)) + (120 ft/s) * (2 * (2 * (2 * t1))) + (240 ft/s) * (2 * (2 * (2 * (2 * t1)))) = Total distance

Simplifying this equation, we can solve for Total distance.