Stan

Yeah, but the only way to get Tony to reply is to keep the questions really simple!

If you ask him too many questions at once, he goes off at tangents (strangely, they all usually relate to the EC)

BTW, the anon post wasn't me - I always post under my username or correct when I don't!

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Anyway

My livingroom is, (from the builder's website)

Lounge 5.7m x 5.0m 18'9" x 16'5"

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In metric (by mental arithmetic) 28.5 square metres

That took me - Oooooooohh, 10 seconds (I deliberately overestimate)!!!!!


In Imperial

Ok, roughly 19 and roughly 16. Did I round the bigger number up and the smaller number down. Or should it be the other way around? F*ck me - this is getting tricky - should I convert to feet or to inches. Would fractions of yards help?

No, no, no! I can do this! 19 x 16 = Oh, for g*ds sake - they never taught me the 19 times table at school! - It must be the fault of the EEC. When Britain ruled the universe, every costermonger could recite the 304 times table to any multiple required!

Ok, I'm getting desperate - 19 & 16 must be similar to 20 & 15 - but there's a zero in that sum! I might make a mistake with the decimal point (and the answer might sound like a metric figure). Right - go back to basics - inches are divisible by any number you care to think of (well, I know that isn't true - but as long as I keep saying it is, someone might believe me!!!!!

OK, I'm ready to reply......

REPLY TO BERANGER

Every British citizen KNOWS (as his birthright) that 18'9" x 16'5" is
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Please, if any pro-imperial (or pro-choice!!) poster can work this sum out (in under 10 secs) - please post.............

I'm off to bed........ Hurry up now (Public Holiday in UK tomorrow so no real hurry!)

:-) :-)

Ok - after 139 replies to "More questions on the CMS report", I thought we needed a new thread.

Alternatively, I might have got home after a few beers and pushed the wrong button!!!!!!!!................

What?

A Scot?

That likes booze?

You'll be telling me that Wales are useless at (soccer) football next!

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D'OH!!

Q: A Race track is one mile long, if a driver goes around once at 30 miles per hour, how fast must he drive in the second lap to average sixty miles per hour over both laps?

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Q: A Race track is one mile long, if a driver goes around once at 30 miles per hour, how fast must he drive in the second lap to average sixty miles per hour over both laps?
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Infinitely fast.

In order to to average 60mph over two miles, he must allow himself 2 minutes. Driving at 30mph it will take 2 minutes to drive one mile. he must therefore cover the second mile in zero time.

BTW, the problem is exactly the same if "kilometres" were substituted for "miles".

Try this one.

Dr Who trots gently round a 400 m oval track at an average speed of 2 m/s At what speed must he run a second lap to average 5 m/s over the full 800 m?

(A clue to the answer is in the character)

It depends how far away his Tardis is parked.

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Q: A Race track is one mile long, if a driver goes around once at 30 miles per hour, how fast must he drive in the second lap to average sixty miles per hour over both laps?
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Infinitely fast.

In order to to average 60mph over two miles, he must allow himself 2 minutes. Driving at 30mph it will take 2 minutes to drive one mile. he must therefore cover the second mile in zero time.
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Is it possible that if he averages greater that 60mph that he can travel faster that infinitely fast?

Martin: "It depends how far away his Tardis is parked."

Stan: Yes, something like that. At any rate he would have to cheat using the time travelling feature of the Tardis.

Buck: "Is it possible that if he averages greater that 60mph that he can travel faster that infinitely fast?"

Stan:

Well no, but in order to gain further insight try this (slightly tougher) version of Oliver's original question:

At what point in the 2 mile journey would the driver have to accelerate from 30 mile/h to 90 mile/h to achieve an overall average speed of 60 mile/h?

Assume the time taken to accelerate is negligible and give the answer in terms of time and distance from the start.

Personally I'd do it in a Caterham.
They're wicked.