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A 14 man golf league |
2012-04-12 |
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Paul pose la question :
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?
Robert Dawson and Victoria West lui répond. |
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A golf league with 2 man teams |
2012-04-11 |
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Cosmo pose la question :
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
Victoria West lui répond. |
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Combien de bonds aura-t-il besoin |
2012-04-10 |
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zachary pose la question :
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 ??
Claude Tardif lui répond. |
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Two cars approach a right-angled intersection |
2012-04-10 |
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Michael pose la question :
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?
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The height of a cylindrical container |
2012-04-10 |
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Rodney pose la question :
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?
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Golf for 28 |
2012-04-10 |
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EARL pose la question :
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
Robert Dawson lui répond. |
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Using Newton's Method to find a root |
2012-04-09 |
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Nancy pose la question :
Use Newton's method to find the real root function, accurate to five decimal places
f(x) = x^5+2x^2+3
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A semi-circular roof gutter |
2012-04-09 |
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Kyle pose la question :
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?
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A maximization problem |
2012-04-09 |
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Nancy pose la question :
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.
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The spread of a rumor |
2012-04-09 |
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Roohi pose la question :
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.
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A number puzzle |
2012-04-07 |
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Kenya pose la question :
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
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Water is flowing from tank A to tank B |
2012-04-06 |
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Noel pose la question :
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.
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A 12 foot long board |
2012-04-05 |
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Lesley pose la question :
If I have a board 12 feet long and am building shelves 2 1/4 feet in
length, how many inches are left?
Jaymi Peterson and Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A rectangular prism |
2012-04-05 |
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Tori pose la question :
How do you find the base height if the base width is 10ft. The height is 7ft. And the volume is105ft.
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The surface area of the tetrahedron |
2012-04-04 |
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youssef pose la question :
how to find the total surface area of the tetrahedron ?
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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