Feh. I read the wrong answer. Which is good in that I think I calculated the problem correctly, but makes me feel dumb because I was agonizing over it. Mind you, they seem to think it's a problem testing an understanding of integral calculus, whereas I did it with 9th-grade geometry.
I'm a big girl. Just tell me.
Inara ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Emily - Jun 07, 2005 8:57:02 am PDT #56 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
katefate - Jun 07, 2005 8:57:06 am PDT #57 of 10001
Frail my heart apart and play me a little Shady Grove
No, that's the "crazy hot sex" thing, which is for AFTER we wash the dog.
So I still gotta say, washing the dog sounds fun.
[silly me, fearing the cereal.]
-t - Jun 07, 2005 8:58:51 am PDT #58 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's integral calculus you can do with geometry. Best kind.
Gudanov - Jun 07, 2005 8:58:53 am PDT #59 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Mind you, they seem to think it's a problem testing an understanding of integral calculus
Well, I suppose it is, just a really trivial example.
DavidS - Jun 07, 2005 8:59:14 am PDT #60 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
[silly me, fearing the cereal.]
"Don't fear the cereal" was originally going to be the title of Blue Oyster Cult's biggest hit. Then they realized the Grim Reaper was potentially more terrifying than Captain Crunch. True story.
tommyrot - Jun 07, 2005 9:00:34 am PDT #61 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Romeo and Juliet are eating cereal in harmony
Scrappy - Jun 07, 2005 9:01:22 am PDT #62 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
It IS fun, especially the patient yet deeply tortured expression on the pup's face as she suffers the whole process, including pleading looks over her shoulder as, horrors!, the warm water is poured over her.
JohnSweden - Jun 07, 2005 9:02:01 am PDT #63 of 10001
I can't even.
Slashdot's take on the Spam-a-lot Tony wins:
Monty Python's SPAMalot Wins 5, no, 3 Tony Awards
Emily - Jun 07, 2005 9:02:50 am PDT #64 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I think, -t, (among other things, I think that I can't start a line with your name) that your calculations leave out the fact that it starts from 100 rather than from 0, so to both your triangles need to be added little rectangles, like so:
0.5(0.5(500)) {triangle} + 0.5(100) {teensy rectangle} + 6*300 + 0.5(1(500)) {triangle} + 1(100) {little but not teensy rectangle} = 125 + 50 + 1800 + 250 + 100 = 2325
I think that I also left that out the first time I computed it, so let that be a lesson to me.
amych - Jun 07, 2005 9:03:59 am PDT #65 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jon, loving you and FAQWife even more post-update. Awww.