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Smugglers

The smugglers want to land half-way between the lighthouses. It is a dark night, so they keep their boat heading at an angle bisecting the angle to the two lights. Where on the shore should the coast guard wait to intercept them?

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Solution

The landing point is 2 miles right from the left lighthouse.

Solution by Stéphane Bernard.

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