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Old 06-28-2005, 09:10 PM
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1 mile oval
you average 60mph for the first of 2 laps
how fast must you go for the second lap to average 120mph for the two laps combined?
i apologize if this is too easy
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Old 06-28-2005, 09:34 PM
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Default Re: average speed math

the first lap took you 1/60th of an hour

to average 120mph for 2 mi, it must take you 2/120ths of an hour = 1/60th of an hour

=> the second lap takes 0 time

=> the second lap is taken at infinite speed.
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Old 06-28-2005, 09:35 PM
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YOU HAVE GO INFINITY MILES PER HOUR!
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Old 06-28-2005, 09:37 PM
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YOU HAVE GO INFINITY MILES PER HOUR!

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thats pretty fast!
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Old 06-28-2005, 10:19 PM
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not enough to make my commute worthwhile
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Old 06-28-2005, 11:01 PM
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1 mile oval
you average 60mph for the first of 2 laps
how fast must you go for the second lap to average 120mph for the two laps combined?
i apologize if this is too easy

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Lame-o! Welcome to the first day of [insert freshman-level engineering class here].
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Old 06-28-2005, 11:32 PM
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1 mile oval
you average 60mph for the first of 2 laps
how fast must you go for the second lap to average 120mph for the two laps combined?
i apologize if this is too easy

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It is 180 if you count each lap seperately and time-independently. (180+60)/2 = 120. But if you go average speed by time it is different, since you spent 1/60th of an hour clearing the first lap, and you would spend less time going round the second time. Zero seconds, actually, because you would be taking two one mile laps at 1/60th of an hour = 120 mph average speed.

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Lame-o! Welcome to the first day of [insert freshman-level engineering class here].

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So that's how you get a high post count, by saying that every thread sux! I oughta try that! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 06-29-2005, 10:55 AM
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Lame-o! Welcome to the first day of [insert freshman-level engineering class here].

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So that's how you get a high post count, by saying that every thread sux! I oughta try that! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Yes. It's all about the post count.
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Old 06-29-2005, 04:27 PM
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It should be all about the benjamins
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Old 06-29-2005, 04:42 PM
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<font color="white">infinite mph. </font>
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