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xoxoxoBruce

03-15-2018 02:16 PM

Math(s) Can be Fun and Useful

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Say you want to fence your racetrack most people have in the backyard.
You don't know how much fence you need so make a high side guess for the inside fence.
Then take how much you used and calculate for the outside fence and buy how much more you need. ;)

Happy Monkey

03-15-2018 03:42 PM

A more practical instance of the "Belt around the Earth" brain teaser: If you have a belt around the Earth, how much longer would it have to be in order to raise it one foot, all the way around?

Gravdigr

03-15-2018 04:18 PM

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Maths can be fun.

Stop that, stoppit rfn!

xoxoxoBruce

03-15-2018 06:14 PM

6.28 feet (1.914144 m).

Happy Monkey

03-15-2018 10:02 PM

yup

tw	03-22-2018 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 1005769)

6.28 feet (1.914144 m).

Nonsense. We all know what the real number is. 42.

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