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This is a story about Tory and the leaky canoe. Tory loves rowing her canoe in the pond (while wearing a certified floatation device and carrying the proper saf

This is a story about Tory and the leaky canoe. Tory loves rowing her canoe in the pond (while wearing a certified floatation device and carrying the proper safety whistle, of course), and she rows at least 2 hours a day. Unfortunately, today Tory found 2 large holes in the bottom of her 200 gallon, 60 pound canoe, and she's afraid she won't be able to row for the day. Assuming the two holes in the canoe are approximately 2 inches in diameter, and Tory weighs 75 pounds, how long will Tory be able to row before she has to utilize her safety whistle and flotation device? Tory is paddling in fresh water, and her force is distributed equally between the two holes. You know, just a run-of-the-mill math question for a 3rd grader...

droz 16y ago
the answer is trivial and is left as an exercise to the reader.
pbhjpbhj 16y ago
>200 gallon, 60 pound Is it 4 score hogshead moons per gross of firkin?
- evilduck 16y ago
  You jest, but unit measurement differences are very similar to radix differences. Being able to think in multiple units/bases is a useful skill.
- kragen 16y ago
  kragen@inexorable:~$ units 2411 units, 71 prefixes, 33 nonlinear units You have: 4 score hogshead moons per gross of firkin Unknown unit 'moons' You have: Were you thinking lunar months, moon masses, moon radii, moon apogee...?
  - pbhjpbhj 15y ago
    I was thinking "moons" as a period of time, so a lunar month : [time][volume]/[volume] As in "We'll see 3 more moons before yon mountain dons his snowy cape." or some such yokel-ese.
    - kragen 15y ago
      Well, fourscore hogshead per gross of firkin is 3.8̄ (i.e. 35/9), so fourscore hogshead-moons per gross of firkin is about 115 days.
      - pbhjpbhj 15y ago
        It was intended as a witty remark, I only parsed for unitary conformance not for value and didn't bother to answer the question. Perhaps you'd like to do it and provide the answer in these units?

droz 16y ago

the answer is trivial and is left as an exercise to the reader.

pbhjpbhj 16y ago

>200 gallon, 60 pound Is it 4 score hogshead moons per gross of firkin?

evilduck 16y ago
You jest, but unit measurement differences are very similar to radix differences. Being able to think in multiple units/bases is a useful skill.
kragen 16y ago
kragen@inexorable:~$ units 2411 units, 71 prefixes, 33 nonlinear units You have: 4 score hogshead moons per gross of firkin Unknown unit 'moons' You have: Were you thinking lunar months, moon masses, moon radii, moon apogee...?
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago
  I was thinking "moons" as a period of time, so a lunar month : [time][volume]/[volume] As in "We'll see 3 more moons before yon mountain dons his snowy cape." or some such yokel-ese.
  - kragen 15y ago
    Well, fourscore hogshead per gross of firkin is 3.8̄ (i.e. 35/9), so fourscore hogshead-moons per gross of firkin is about 115 days.
    - pbhjpbhj 15y ago
      It was intended as a witty remark, I only parsed for unitary conformance not for value and didn't bother to answer the question. Perhaps you'd like to do it and provide the answer in these units?