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Re: Math challenge
Posted:
Sep 2, 2010 2:51 PM
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:42:25 -0700 (PDT), RichD
<r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Sep 2, Joe Snod <joe.s...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> How many railroad cars of gravel would it take to fill the lower 9th
>> ward to sea level?
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>During job interviews, Microsoft used to present brain
>twisters to candidates (maybe still do), looking for
>ingenuity, resourcefulness, etc.
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>One item: "How would you move Mt. Fuji?"
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>You are an interviewee. How do you answer?
Jump up and down. The amount of required motion is not specified, so
any amount will do (perhaps a billionth of the diameter of an
electron).
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