Worth 10 Points!!! - Page 6

grazzers · 01-14-2006, 11:51 AM

Tried the question on my friends, thinking it was quite interesting (me currently at Uni studying Physics and all), they just got confused by it and the conversation deviated onto what a courgette was

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xoxoxoBruce · 01-14-2006, 12:22 PM

Courgette? How did zucchinis get into it?

Spexxvet · 01-16-2006, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Here it is.You're not reading it correctly. It's not drying out until 98% of the water is left. It's drying out until enough water has left that out of the total mass, 98% is water.

Oh, ok.

That's not what the original question sounded like it was asking. I feel like a Scottish University student.

Thanks for the 1=0 link

footfootfoot · 01-17-2006, 09:31 PM

I am pleased with myself today. I asked a friend this question and he couldn't figure it out. Being math impaired myself, I tried to explain how the answer was 50#. (I just read the answer, never followed the links to the explanation)

here's my work:

Cukes=100#=99% H2O, 1%solid
So, 99%=99#, 1%= 1#
Next day, cukes=98% H2O, 2% solid
Now 1#= 2% and 2% goes into 98% 49 times (49#)
49# plus 1# = 50#

good gawd! jump back! I wanna kiss myself.

Congrats Brianna

plthijinx · 01-17-2006, 11:13 PM

i'm late on this thread, but......ehhcht. i hate being late......

HungLikeJesus · 03-18-2008, 02:16 PM

A nun says to the greengrocer, "Two cucumbers please."

Her friend says, "Get three. We'll eat one."

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I don't get it either.

01-14-2006, 11:51 AM	#76
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01-14-2006, 12:22 PM	#77
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Courgette? How did zucchinis get into it? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-17-2006, 09:31 PM	#79
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I am pleased with myself today. I asked a friend this question and he couldn't figure it out. Being math impaired myself, I tried to explain how the answer was 50#. (I just read the answer, never followed the links to the explanation) here's my work: Cukes=100#=99% H2O, 1%solid So, 99%=99#, 1%= 1# Next day, cukes=98% H2O, 2% solid Now 1#= 2% and 2% goes into 98% 49 times (49#) 49# plus 1# = 50# good gawd! jump back! I wanna kiss myself. Congrats Brianna __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-17-2006, 11:13 PM	#80
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	i'm late on this thread, but......ehhcht. i hate being late...... __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

03-18-2008, 02:16 PM	#81
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	A nun says to the greengrocer, "Two cucumbers please." Her friend says, "Get three. We'll eat one." ---- I don't get it either. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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