Good work.Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
3 points.
How long did it take to figure out?
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Good work.Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
3 points.
How long did it take to figure out?
It took me all afternoon. I was working on it when you made your post about no takers. I was also cursing you all afternoon. That was probably the hardest 3 points I've gotten in this game. :butt:Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
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Why, thank you. Thank you very much.
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I was debating whether or not to bring in more like this. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
[cough]bullsh!t[/cough]Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
You googled... :p
Early start today.
Following World War II, freezers and frozen food grew in popularity.
Fish was an immediate success as a frozen item, but sales soon dropped because the fish tasted flat. The fish underwent chemical changes while being brought to shore and before they could be frozen.
Soon the fish processing companies decided to transport the fish live in large tanks until they reached the docks where they could be frozen. The fish still tasted flat after capture because they did not move around as they do in their natural habitat.
What would be the easiest way, after capture, to keep the fish swimming as they do in their natural environment?
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Add a predator in the tank to keep them moving.
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Originally Posted by a d e p t
To put pumps into the tanks to pump oxygen into the water. The lack of oxygen in a still tank is why the fish are not swimming around, and the current created by the pumps makes it closer to a natural habitat. The flat taste is from the atrophy of the tissues due to lack of oxygen before freezing/death.
Good explanation, but answer is wrong and too complicated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Camaro80z
Sorry.
No, I didn't and I have 50 sheets of notes to prove it (of course they all have the wrong answers). :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Ya_know
Put the fish in tanks attached to the boat with screens in them. The tanks would be dropped over the side and carried along with the boat. the fish would have to swim with the boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Still too complicated.Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
They're fishermen, not engineers, Jim! https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
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Originally Posted by a d e p t
Oh well. That is what we did to fix the problem that my stepfather was having with the livewell when we were fishing for a long period of time. It was a simple thing, and it made the fish taste much better. This is with freshwater fish, so maybe there is a differance for saltwater fish.
Put some little fish in the tank with them that they can chase around and try to eat ?Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Getting warmer...Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
They either feed the fish or put blood in the water ?Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
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Originally Posted by edball
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Originally Posted by a d e p t
They put plankton in the water. The fish feed off of it, and they have to swim around to get it. WOTPP!
You guys are too aggressive. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Camaro80z
They put some type of bait above the water so the fish will have to try to jump up and get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Still out for blood, huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
It's just not right. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
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Originally Posted by a d e p t
Line the bottom of the tank with dirt and seaweed to make it resemble a natural habitat.
Just put a predator (sp?) in there. The fish will have to swim and run away if they dont wanna get gobbled up. Either that or just fish near where you want to sell your fish. But I think the first way would be the best if you have to transport them.
That's the one I was waiting for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guntz
3 pts.
Professor Quantum has ten bags of coins which all look alike.
One of the bags is filled with fake coins. All the genuine coins weigh 10 grams each and all the fake coins weigh 20 grams each. Each of the ten bags contain 20 coins.
Using a scale which measures in grams, how would Quantum be able to determine which bag contains the fake coins with only one weighing?
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By taking 1 coin from bag 1, 2 coins from bag 2, etc., Quantum will be able to gauge exactly how much added weight is present on the scale during weighing and thereby determine which bag had the fake coins.
Ex., if bag 9 has the fake coins, the total weight of the pieces will have 90 grams over the expected total. If it was bag 13 there would be a 130g surplus.
Take 1 to 19 coins out of each bag, skipping even numbers and noting which ones you took it out of. The total weight will determine which bag has the fake coins as each bag has a unique number associated with the weight missing. Example : the bag with 9 coins missing will subtract either 90 or 180 from the total. In this way you can determine which bag has the fake coins.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Close enough - 3 points.Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
The Great Flying Contest
by Randall L. Whipkey (Once again, no googling)
As part of the effort to make summer science class interesting, Mr. Bunsen had his students, including Carrie, pair off in girl-boy teams to design balsa airplanes. The class then flew their creations off Summerset Tor to see which plane had the greatest range.
When the postcards attached to the aircraft were returned from the five towns, including Great Springs, where the planes had landed, the students learned that their designs had covered five different distances. From the flight recorder data below about the Great Flying Contest, you should be able to determine the names of each pair of designers and how far and to which town their airplane flew.
- Among them, the five airplanes flew a total of 30.0 miles from Summerset Tor; none of the planes covered more than 10.0 mi., with the shortest distance reached being 3.0 mi.
- Alexis and her partner's Pink Pelican soared 3.0 mi. farther than Daniel and his partner's Balsa Bomber.
- Neither of the planes that landed in Mt. Pisgah and Rancho Linda was the one built by Jeff and his partner.
- The aircraft that reached Hollyville traveled 1.5 mi. farther than Tony and his partner's.
- The plane that flew to Four Corners covered 3.0 more miles than the one designed by Brent and his partner, whose aircraft flew twice as far from Summerset Tor as Susan and her partner's creation.
- When he saw the florid Pink Pelican, Peter wisecracked that he was glad he wasn't one of the pair responsible for blinding everyone else.
- The plane that set down in Rancho Linda went 1.5 fewer miles than Leah and her partner's craft.
- Mia and her partner aren't the designers who received the postcard about their plane from Mt. Pisgah.
- Susan didn't partner with Daniel.
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Long answer - really long answer:
- Mia & Peter's, 9.0 mi. to Four Corners
- Alexis & Jeff's, 7.5 mi. to Great Springs
- Carrie & Brent's, 6.0 mi. to Mt. Pisgah
- Leah & Daniel's, 4.5 mi. to Hollyville
- Susan & Tony's, 3.0 mi. to Rancho Linda
From the introduction, the summer science students divided into girl-boy pairs for the flying contest. By clue 5, the plane that landed in Four Corners went 3.0 mi. farther than Brent and his partner's design, which flew twice as far as Susan and her partner's plane. By clue 2, Alexis and her partner's creation landed 3.0 mi. farther from Summerset Tor than Daniel and his partner's. Daniel wasn't Susan's partner (9); so, Daniel and his partner are either the fourth pair to the three in clue 5 or Daniel and his partner's plane came down in Four Corners. By clue 1, the least distance any of the five planes flew was 3.0 miles. If Daniel and his partner's plane had come down in Four Corners, even letting Susan and her partner's distance be the least amount, by clues 5 and 2, Alexis and her partner's design would have flown 12.0 mi., conflicting with clue 1 which states that none of the planes flew farther than 10.0 mi. So, Daniel and his partner in clue 2 are the fourth pair to the three in clue 5. In clue 2, Alexis and her partner are either the fifth pair or had their plane land in Four Corners, or Alexis was Brent's partner. If Alexis and her partner's plane had landed in Four Corners, then both Daniel and his partner (2) and Brent and his partner (5) would have had their creations land 3.0 mi. short of Alexis and her partner's design, contradicting the introduction which says that no two planes went the same distance from Summerset Tor. Trying Alexis as Brent's partner, if Susan and her partner had had the plane that flew 3.0 mi. (1), by clues 5 and 2, Daniel and his partner's plane would have gone the same distance, contradicting the introduction. Similarly, if Daniel and his partner's design had gone the 3.0 mi., by clues 2 and 5, Susan and her partner's plane also would have flown 3.0 mi. So, if Alexis and Brent were partners, the fifth pair's plane would have gone the 3.0 mi. Then by clue 1, the planes of the four contestants already derived would have gone a total of 27.0 mi. Letting Susan and her partner's plane's flight equal X, Alexis and Brent's design would have flown 2X (5), the flight ending in Four Corners would have gone 2X+3.0 (5), and Daniel and his partner's aircraft would have covered 2X-3.0 (2) mi. Summing, 7X would equal 27.0, or X would equal 3.86 mi. However, the flight ending in Four Corners then would have gone 10.72 mi., contradicting clue 1. So, Alexis and Brent weren't partners; and Alexis and her partner in clue 2 are the fifth pair of competitors. By clues 2 and 5, either Daniel and his partner or Susan and hers had the plane that flew the 3.0 mi. (1). If Daniel and his partner's plane had gone that distance, Alexis and her partner's would have flown 6.0 mi. (2). Then the three flights in clue 5 would have totalled 21.0 mi. (1). Letting Susan and her partner's distance equal X, Brent and his partner's plane would have gone 2X and the plane landing in Four Corners would have covered 2X+3.0 mi. Summing, 5X+3.0 would equal 21.0, and X would equal 3.6. However, the plane setting down in Four Corners then would have traveled 10.2 mi., contradicting clue 1. Therefore, Susan and her partner's aircraft covered the low of 3.0 mi. (1), Brent and his partner's design went 6.0 mi., and the plane landing in Four Corners came down 9.0 mi. from Summerset Tor. By clue 1, then, Alexis and her partner's and Daniel and his partner's planes totalled 12.0 mi. Letting Daniel and his partner's distance be X, Alexis and her partner's creation would have gone X+3.0 mi. Solving, 2X+3.0 = 12.0, or X equals 4.5. Daniel and his partner's plane flew 4.5 mi. and Alexis and her partner's covered 7.5 mi. By clue 4, Daniel and his partner's aircraft reached Hollyville, and Tony was Susan's partner in the event. Alexis partnered with Jeff (2, 6), and Peter was part of the top flight team whose plane flew to Four Corners. By clue 3, Alexis and Jeff's aircraft got as far as Great Springs. Leah was Daniel's partner, and Susan and Tony's plane landed in Rancho Linda (7). By elimination, the plane that came down in Mt. Pisgah was built by Brent and his partner. She was Carrie, and Mia partnered with Peter (8).
I think you're missing one of the girl's names ?Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Alexis, Carrie, Leah, Mia and Susan.Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
Duh, I should have read the first 2 paragraphs better. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity
I see deity is replying...
Maybe he got it.
Alexis and Jeff built the Pink Pelican which travelled 7.5 miles to Great Springs.
Carrie and Brent built a plane that travelled 6 miles to Mt. Pisgah.
Leah and Daniel built the Balsa Bomber which flew 4.5 miles to Hollyville.
Mia and Peter built a plane that flew 9 miles to Four Corners.
Susan and Tony built a plane that flew 3 miles to Rancho Linda.
I can only hope.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Hope springs eternal, and gets you 3 more points. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Deity
Where you been greyskin? :D
Sweet. I usually make some stupid mistake on logic problems that throws the whole table off. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
I'm glad I looked to see if you had it yet, I could have been at this for hours. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
I've got a convention next week in Vegas with about a month's worth of coding to do on our demo software. Sleep and WinDrivers are becoming a vague memory. :sad:Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
But it's Vegas baby!!! :drink:
At least you saved me the headache of the last one. :devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by edball
I saw how busy you had been when I was in NYC for a week. I was hoping you'd be gone for a while so I could catch up. :devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity
That's dangerous, stepping away from MindTrap at this crucial time where edball seems like he's on a roll...
But enjoy yourself. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif
But I gave myself one. :sad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity