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Re: Math challenge
Posted:
Sep 3, 2010 10:32 AM
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On Sep 3, 10:21 am, George Herold <gher...@teachspin.com> wrote: > On Sep 2, 2:42 pm, RichD <r_delaney2...@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? > > > During job interviews, Microsoft used to present brain > > twisters to candidates (maybe still do), looking for > > ingenuity, resourcefulness, etc. > > > One item: "How would you move Mt. Fuji?" > > > You are an interviewee. How do you answer? > > > -- > > Rich > > Sorry I don't know the area of the 9th ward nor it's hieght above or > below sea level. > > But if I wanted to rasie the height by say 10 feet I'd guess about 200 > rail cars per acre. (Assuming a rail car is about 10'x10'x20') > > George H.
Ahh moving mount Fuji, My wife claims that I sometimes "make the earth move for her", so I would book a second honeymoon on Mount Fuji and we would keep at it till it moved.
George H.
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