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A 14 man golf league 2012-04-12
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.
Golf for 14 2011-07-11
From Doug:
We have 14 players playing over 4 days. can we play with different players every day and keep the 3 x foursomes and 1 x pair format
Answered by Victoria West.
Golf pairings 2010-12-17
From AL:
I have a golf tourney where we have fourteen players and are playing five times/rounds of golf. I am trying to pair up two threesomes and two foursomes so we don't play with the same person twice or the least amount of times.
Answered by Victoria West.
More on carbon 14 dating 2010-05-26
From Malachi:
I am doing carbon 14 dating and i figured out the rule for taking the percent of the original C-14 to figure out how old it is. how do I work the equation the other way around to find the percent remaining, from how long ago the objects organic mater died
Answered by Harley Weston.
A 14 side well house cover 2010-03-12
From Kenneth:
I am 35 yr I am wanting to build a well house cover. I'm trying to figure out how long the pieces need to be and what angle they need to be for a 4 ft dia with 14 side well house. I would love an answer but would also like to know how to figure it in the future. Thanks Kd
Answered by Harley Weston.
Dart teams 2009-09-18
From Sally:
I have 14 dart teams. Each team has a home bar.Usually it is one week home, the next week away. I have 3 locations that have one board only, yet have 2 teams at each location. I have one location that has 2 dart boards, and 3 teams. The last location have 3 dart boards and 4 teams.Can you make me a schedule that will be home and away, and every teams plays each other twice. In case you are wondering, the bars sponsor the teams.Thank you. Sally
Answered by Robert Dawson.
A 14 team league that is divided into 2 divisions 2009-03-07
From Ronnie:
I have a 14 team league that is divided into 2 divisions. We have a total of 18 weeks to play. I would like for each team to play the team in their division twice. The remaining 6 weeks would be played with the other division. Any help would be appreciated.
Answered by Chris Fisher and Victoria West.
WHY 144 where does this figure come from 2008-04-19
From Sean:
Why do you use the number 144 to divide

EG. length of timber 2 inches x 8 inches x 14 foot = 1.5 cubic feet

Calculation is 2x8x14 =224 divide by 144 = 1.5 WHY 144 where does this figure come from

Answered by Leeanne Boehm.
14 golfers--6 days 2007-02-02
From tom:
14 of us are going golfing-- over the course of 6 days is there a formula that would allow us to have the chance to play with as many different partners as possible--2 foursome, and two threesomes
Answered by Chris Fisher.
 
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