Need Math help.

[JohnRich 4]

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I know you feel the need to say something on every post I make because of our differences of ideas but it is almost like you can’t wait till I make a post in Bonfire.

The last time I replied to one of your messages was Feb. 4th, over two months ago. In the meantime, you made over 90 posts to which I did not respond. So, as usual, you are factually challenged.

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How board are you man?

Oak.

[Darius11 12]

John lets stop the bullshit.

I know you don’t like me. I know it is because of our many disagreements and arguments we have had in SC.

All I am saying is this. If you can not keep SC separate from BF then just ignore me. Ignore my posts that are not in SC and not political. I give you that respect. I don’t post negative or antagonistic posts when you have pictures of your canoe trips (which I love and hope to be able to take trips like that someday).

Mutual respect is all I am asking for.

We have some people on here who just want to start shit because their lives are so fucking meaningless and boring. I don’t think you are one of those people I simply think you dislike who I am and what my political beliefs are. That’s fine that’s life. All I am asking for is to keep it in its place SC.


Take that anyway you like. It is simply a request.

Have a great weekend.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

[JohnRich 4]

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John lets stop the bullshit... etc.

Gosh, and you came up with all of that simply because I asked you if you had received a speeding ticket! That was simply a curiosity question to ascertain the motive for your math question. So just who is harboring animosity and slinging bullshit here?

[warpedskydiver 0]

If you and John actually met, you would find that you both have alot in common, can get along, and actually might be friends.

[Gawain 0]

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If you and John actually met, you would find that you both have alot in common, can get along, and actually might be friends.

Or, they may discover that they are, in fact, each other's mortal enemy and the battle for Gotham would begin...


...oh wait...that story was already told.


...nevermind...move along...

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[kbordson 8]

Ya know... even with all this drama, I just wanna know what the "correct" answer is.

[Gawain 0]

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Ya know... even with all this drama, I just wanna know what the "correct" answer is.

Some say "42", but it's really "38" because those that answer with "42" don't really know the question to begin with...

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[Programmer 0]

Forget the average velocity. JackC did it right - about 37 mph depending how you round off.
Of course, there are lots of unknowns here. e.g. the torque curve of the engine, the gearing, is there any wheelspin. Even at these low speeds, wind resistance becomes a factor. For instance, all else being equal, a stretch limousine would accelerate faster than a bread truck due to the bread truck's boxy, unaerodynamic shape. Mythbusters could test this. They would have to put the same drive train in the limo and in the bread truck, then ballast the lighter vehicle to the same weight as the heavier one. They could let that hot redhead drive the bread truck, then, when they test the limo, she could ride in the back with a couple of her hot friends. They could get drunk from the limo's bar and flash their boobs while one of the guys dresses in a chauffeur's uniform and drives. As the car accelerates, they would get bumped around and bump into each other and start some hot, girl-on-girl action. Talk about a show with audience appeal. For that matter, someone could make a porno of mythbusters testing the limo. Hell, two pornos. One of the hot girl-on-girl action, and another where the driver stops to see what's going on and he and a couple of guys on the crew join in. This is a really interesting math problem. Great, now I'm stuck for names for the porn flicks..... "Driving Miss Crazy" comes to mind. Someone help out, please.
At any rate, the answer is pretty close to 42, within experimental error.

[kbordson 8]

In the words of Vroomfondel - "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty."

[jcd11235 0]

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Ya know... even with all this drama, I just wanna know what the "correct" answer is.

JackC posted the correct answer (assuming constant acceleration) and logic in post 37 of this thread. Without assuming constant acceleration, the correct answer would be infinitesimally less than 60 mph.

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[SuFantasma 0]

Wow, is this for real ? Are you trying to ask a skydiving group how to calculate a formula to help you get out of a speeding ticket?

Get real !

While you are at it, ask the Judge to give you some skydiving advice !

Dumb ! Stupid !


Get professional help !

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[dgw 8]

This paper by Dr Searle has the formulae you need to work out acceleration rates/speeds/times. It utilises the transmission gear ratios, which you can get from the manufacturer. With these formulae, you won't need any gross assumptions...


http://www.sae.org/technical/papers/1999-01-0078

[Darktreader 0]

I am shocked that you would actaully give a guessed answer knowing that is it not possible to give an accurate answer because there is not enough information given to answer the specific question asked.

This question is equal to a train traveling from atlanta going 90 mph how long did it take him to reach 90 mph.....there is NO way to anser the question with out all the varibles so why even ask.

As I said before anyone whyo actaully came up with an answer for his question beside giving him a formula, meaning an actaully number doesnt know what there talking about. end of story.

"Before we waste time talking and getting to know each other, let's just have sex once and see if we're compatible"

[rehmwa 2]

OK, an electric train is traveling north at 32 MPH, a cross wind directly out of the east is traveling at 25 MPH

how fast and in what direction is smoke from the train traveling the instant it leaves the stack?

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[TylerDurden 0]

Did you know that a car powered by electricity traveling at 40 M.P.H. causes just as much damage as a car powered by gas?

[jcd11235 0]

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OK, an electric train is traveling north at 32 MPH, a cross wind directly out of the east is traveling at 25 MPH

how fast and in what direction is smoke from the train traveling the instant it leaves the stack?

What is the vertical component of the smoke's velocity?

(Yes, I know electric trains have no smokestack.)

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[Gawain 0]

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Did you know that a car powered by electricity traveling at 40 M.P.H. causes just as much damage as a car powered by gas?

I'll follow your tangent and disagree with you. A 100% electric car has heavier battery packs in it. So, it's possible that heavier mass, traveling the same speed may cause more damage, plus the battery acid would create a haz-mat situation.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[JackC 0]

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I am shocked that you would actaully give a guessed answer knowing that is it not possible to give an accurate answer because there is not enough information given to answer the specific question asked.

??

Given the wording of the original question and the information provided, the only way you can answer is to assume a standing start and constant accelleration. You can then calculate (not guess) an actual numerical answer using the standard constant acceleration equations. Obviously, you don't know what you are talking about.

[Darktreader 0]

lmao your the exact type of person who doesnt know what he is talking about.

My point is you cant use a "standard constant acceleration formula"

"no distance was ever given"

only a time to reach 60mph.



The equation can not be completed without a distance if a distance is what the equation was asking for simple as that!!!

let me rephrase an ACCURATE answer cannot be given, because there is no constant acceleration when atmospheric pressure, gravity, wieght, wind, friction, aerodynamics, and simple human response time are all factors in this equation.

Now if he would have asked the maximum speed his car would travel from a stop to 32 yards, and he told us his car could go 60 mph in 5.8 and it took him lets say 85 yrds to reach it, only then could an accurate answer be given for THAT particular drive he made.

Even in NHRA on every drag race a 60 ft. time is given as well as 1/8 mile and 1/4 mile time at the finish line and on EVERY run those times vary. So my point is very clear that enough information has not been given to give an accurate answer end of story!

"Before we waste time talking and getting to know each other, let's just have sex once and see if we're compatible"