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Aha, missed that "per year."
The lead will actually hit the ground that is at the bottom of the ocean, while the feathers will just float on top.
That's more of a physics problem than math...
Is it ( this is an estimate) 45 times around the circle? My worst and oddest problem: a per son drops one thousand pLund of feathers out of
a plain flying over the ocean at 20000 feet and ten seconds later drops a thousand pound of led out. Which hi…
These environmental factors are definately part of the situation, but they would still be part of the situation independent of the existance of the Cash for Clunkers insentive.
Every car will eventually be scrapped, thus the energy and pollutants f…
Cash for Clunkers is a textbook example of the Broken Window Fallacy.
Okay, now how about a mathematical comparison of this vs. the rest of the story including:
-the environmental impact of the large amount of trash (some of it toxic pollutants an…
You're absolutely right. That is why I posted that it is about 37 million gallons per year saved instead of saying 37 million gallons.
Awesome stuff, but wouldn't the gas savings carry over for more than one year seeing as participants are buying a new vehicle or getting a 5-year minimum lease?
Figured I would share some fun stuff I figured out in regards to this government program that *knocks on wood* ACTUALLY WORKED ^^
First, we know the original bill called for $1 Billion spending limit.
Assume, on average, that it is $4,000 per car p…
I remember that video, but I thought he meant more along the lines of equations that could be rearranged and still be true, or something like that, not math terms. But hey, rearranging equations would be rather boring, so let's stick with terms anyw…
Only one I could think of is an XKCD comic I read.
http://xkcd.com/356/
Forgive me, I used a solver for help since I'm not as good as Colin Singleton at making anagrams.
Binomial Expansion - A mini explosion ban
Quadrilateral - Tequilla radar
Trigonometry - Or try emoting - My otter groin
Quadratic Formula - Old craft…
What was the actual answer to this problem? It's been quite a while since my attempt to solve it.
=Math
Greetings all.
Was inspired by an older video Hank made when Willy was in the hospital. He asked if anagrams exist in math. My answer is YES. I do not pretend to know them all, nor many, but one I found is:
Pythagorean Theorem ~~> They Room Near T…
The Mythbusters performed this experiment, actually. The test included walking vs running through normal and windblown rain. They had four coveralls per test subject; each doing walking/normal rainfall, running/normal rainfall, walking/windy rainfal…
Greetings all.
I would like us to ponder an age old question: Will you get more wet by running through the rain or walking in the rain?
I would like your opinions of ways to test these two possibilities.
Enjoy!
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- Teacher, Class V -- Destroyer of Ignorance and Prejudice
- About Me:
- I am an instructor of math and science at a New Schools Project School in Newton, NC. I attempt to decrease world suck through tollerance and knowledge and using one's brain for good instead of evil.
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- The Power of One -- Bryce Courtenay
Ender's Game -- Orson Scott Card
The Lord of the Rings series and prequel
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Beyond the Indigo Children -- PMH Atwater
- What's your favorite thing to put on your head?
- A quarter. It is fun to see how fast I can run while maintaining the coin up there.
- If you could do your happy dance with anyone who would it be with?
- My darling wife, Crystal
- When did you start watching B20
- February
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