Math Quiz - Word problem by byrdlip

Math Quiz - Word problem

You are on a trip. You have to drive 190 miles from your last night's camp to the camp you are going to stay at tonight. Because of the outside temperature and heading into the sun, you want to make the best time that you can. Oh, you're driving a 36ft MH with a 15ft trailer (empty), you get about 9 MPH and you are facing a very warm headwind. What are the odds that you will get three really juicy bugs dead-center on your line of sight? The windshield has a center post, so each side is about 4 by 4 1/2, call it 25 sq feet to make life easy. So they all splat in about a 1`1/2 to 2 sq ft area.

Isn't highway driving fun?
I got through all your calculations but came to the variables such as whether it was before noon or after, the elevation you were driving, and last but not least, whether the driver had a full bladder or not.
Too many variables to come to a definitive answer.
But your shot is wonderful.
July 29th, 2020  
@farmreporter First slap was before noon, bladder was empty, but driver was munching Chip-a-Hoy Reese's. The other two were afternoon, sun to the left. So the drive is suffering from Driver's Suntan.

Elevation change was from 1800 ft to 663 ft and back to 1500 ft. There were five rest areas and on viewpoint along the route.
July 29th, 2020  
Then the answer is 'almost guaranteed'!!
July 29th, 2020  
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