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A 14 man golf league |
2012-04-12 |
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From Paul:
14 man golf league. Need to have alternating 2 man teams for 18 weeks. Need to rotate foursomes so no one is stuck in twosome more than once. Can you help?
Answered by Robert Dawson and Victoria West. |
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A golf league with 2 man teams |
2012-04-11 |
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From Cosmo:
wanting to set up a golf league with 2 man teams. There are 14 A players and 14 B players.We want each A player to team with each B player once and each A player to play against each other A player once.Is this possible
Answered by Victoria West. |
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Combien de bonds aura-t-il besoin |
2012-04-10 |
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From zachary:
Un lapin fait toujours un bond de 3m suivi d'un bond de 5m. S'il maintient ce rythme de combien de bonds aura-t-il besoin pour franchir une distance de 584m ??
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Two cars approach a right-angled intersection |
2012-04-10 |
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From Michael:
Two cars approach a right-angled intersection, one traveling south a 40km/h and the other west at 70km/h.
When the faster car is 4km from the intersection and the other case if 3km from the intersection,
how fast is the distance between the car cars changing?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The height of a cylindrical container |
2012-04-10 |
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From Rodney:
a cylindrical container has a radius of 6cm. the container is holding 255 cm3 of water. rounded to the nearest quarter inch, what is the minimum height of the container?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Golf for 28 |
2012-04-10 |
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From EARL:
HI, I HAVE 28 GOLFERS AND I NEED A SCHEDULE FOR
5 DIFFERENT DAYS THERE WILL BE 7 GROUPS OF
4 PLAYERS EACH DAY. ALL PLAYERS WOULD LIKE TO
PLAY WITH ONE ANOTHER ONCE AND NOT PLAY
WITH EACH MORE THAN ONCE IF POSSIBLE OR LIMIT
THE TIMES A GOLFER PLAYS WITH ANOTHER TO A
MINIMUM IF POSSIBLE. (PLEASE SEND AN EXAMPLE
OF THE SCHEDULING OF THE GROUPS FOR THE TEE
OFF ORDER)
THANKS FOR ANY SOLUTIONS YOU CAN PROVIDE.
EARL
Answered by Robert Dawson. |
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Using Newton's Method to find a root |
2012-04-09 |
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From Nancy:
Use Newton's method to find the real root function, accurate to five decimal places
f(x) = x^5+2x^2+3
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A semi-circular roof gutter |
2012-04-09 |
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From Kyle:
A semi-circular roof guttering contains some water.
The cross-section of the guttering has a diameter of 10 centimetres. The surface of the water collected in the guttering is 8cm.
What is the depth of water in the gutter?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A maximization problem |
2012-04-09 |
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From Nancy:
After an injection, the concentration of drug in a muscle varies according to a function of time, f(t). Suppose that t is measured in hours and f(t)=e^-0.02t - e^-0.42t. Determine the time when the maximum concentration of drug occurs.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The spread of a rumor |
2012-04-09 |
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From Roohi:
The function f(t) = a/(1+3e^(-bt)) has also been used to model the spread of a rumor. Suppose that a= 70 and b=3 0.2. Compute f(2), the percentage of the population that has heard the rumor after 2 hours. Compute f'(2) and describe what it represents. Compute lim t approaches infinity and describe what it represents.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A number puzzle |
2012-04-07 |
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From Kenya:
my number is less than 25
my number of tiles will make only one rectangle
my number is odd
my number is a factor of 36
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Water is flowing from tank A to tank B |
2012-04-06 |
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From Noel:
At First, Tank A was completely filled with water. The tap from Tank A was then turned on and water flowed out at a constant rate. The water which flowed out was collected into Tank B. At the end of 6 minutes, Tank A was 2/3 full. After a further 8 minutes, Tank A had 2.4 liters of water left while Tank B was completely filled with water. Find the capacity of Tank B.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A 12 foot long board |
2012-04-05 |
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From Lesley:
If I have a board 12 feet long and am building shelves 2 1/4 feet in
length, how many inches are left?
Answered by Jaymi Peterson and Penny Nom. |
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A rectangular prism |
2012-04-05 |
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From Tori:
How do you find the base height if the base width is 10ft. The height is 7ft. And the volume is105ft.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The surface area of the tetrahedron |
2012-04-04 |
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From youssef:
how to find the total surface area of the tetrahedron ?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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