Math question

Started by Father Demon, August 25, 2005, 01:32:17 PM

Previous topic - Next topic
Print
Go Down Pages 1 2 3 4
User actions

Yeti

#45
August 25, 2005, 05:47:27 PM
Quote from: DemonchildrenOnTurf on August 25, 2005, 05:44:47 PM


It's sad what me coming to a sports forum for math help says about my smarts.....


Not to mention English skills.
"It's only a matter of time before we get to the future."

Hbionic

QB Eagles

#46
August 25, 2005, 06:02:19 PM
Quote from: DemonchildrenOnTurf on August 25, 2005, 05:44:47 PM
I still get that a quarter is more valuable space than a dime.

You're right, using the numbers you gave. I must have measured the dime incorrectly. Micrometer isn't worth a damn.

PhillyPhanInDC

#47
August 25, 2005, 06:39:57 PM
Still think my way would yeild the best results. That's the best way to figure volume....
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.""  R.I.P George.

Diomedes

#48
August 25, 2005, 06:40:52 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhaninDC on August 25, 2005, 06:39:57 PM
Still think my way would yeild the best results. That's the best way to figure volume....

Yeah, but you want weight as well as volume, don't you?
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists." - Yosemite Park Ranger

QB Eagles

#49
August 25, 2005, 06:53:09 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhaninDC on August 25, 2005, 06:39:57 PM
Still think my way would yeild the best results. That's the best way to figure volume....

I think Demonchildren got the dimensions of the coins straight from the US Mint. Volume of a cylinder is pretty rudimentary, and I doubt the engravings on the surface of the coin pack enough volume to change the outcome of the calculation.

If coins were a more exotic shape, dumping them in a graduated cylinder would be the way to go.

According to the mint's page, quarters are exactly 2.5 times as heavy as dimes, and half dollars are exactly 5 times as heavy. They must be lying about either weight or composition, however, because the compositions (and thus densities) are supposedly the same, yet their volumes don't fall in the same proportions.

Sgt PSN

#50
August 25, 2005, 07:23:59 PM
You should all have your taints pulled over your heads. 

Geowhizzer

#51
August 25, 2005, 07:52:56 PM

rjs246

#52
August 25, 2005, 07:54:14 PM
I'm unimpressed.
Is rjs gonna have to choke a bitch?

Let them eat bootstraps.

Father Demon

#53
August 25, 2005, 10:35:16 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on August 25, 2005, 07:52:56 PM


Now you show up.  You probably could have saved me about 5 hours of my day!   :-D
The drawback to marital longevity is your wife always knows when you're really interested in her and when you're just trying to bury it.

Geowhizzer

#54
August 25, 2005, 10:37:26 PM
Quote from: DemonchildrenOnTurf on August 25, 2005, 10:35:16 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on August 25, 2005, 07:52:56 PM


Now you show up.  You probably could have saved me about 5 hours of my day!   :-D

Hey, some of us have to work for a living.  :D

Well, that and get ready for another freaking hurricane.   :boom

Yeti

#55
August 26, 2005, 09:08:45 AM
Quote from: QB Eagles on August 25, 2005, 06:53:09 PM

According to the mint's page, quarters are exactly 2.5 times as heavy as dimes.


A Quarter weighs 0.02 (gr) than 2 1/2 dimes. 
Such a slight difference might not be note worthy.
"It's only a matter of time before we get to the future."

Hbionic

MadMarchHare

#56
August 26, 2005, 09:09:09 AM
Quote from: T_Section224 on August 25, 2005, 02:41:36 PM
MMH should be able to answer this, he was the one i always cheated off of in math classes.

farger.
Anyone but Reid.

T_Section224

#57
August 26, 2005, 09:23:58 AM
Quote from: MadMarchHare on August 26, 2005, 09:09:09 AM
Quote from: T_Section224 on August 25, 2005, 02:41:36 PM
MMH should be able to answer this, he was the one i always cheated off of in math classes.

farger.
:-D
Proud Sponsor of Mike Bartrum

Sgt PSN

#58
October 16, 2011, 09:20:27 PM
Thanks to one of the 35 guests/bots viewing the board, this thread is making a comeback because it's funny to read. 
Print
Go Up Pages 1 2 3 4
User actions