I was never bad at math persay, but I was not overly interested in the numerical arts and therefore after taking my general education required math courses in my first year of college I stopped studying anything number related,* and you know how the saying goes, “If you don’t use it, you lose it.” For this reason I now need a calculator to do even the most basic math functions. That being said, I am completely unable to solve these word problems…so I’m turning it over to any mathamagicians that may be in the audience. Be sure to show all work.
1. A bus seat can seat 5 people in comfortable fashion. The bus seat has 4 Korean men each approximately 5′9″ and 160-170 pounds, and 1 American man approximately 6′2″ and 180 pounds. Under what laws of physics does the American take up the least amount of space?
2. A bus is traveling at 100km per hour and turns a corner. What amount of centripetal force must be present to make it acceptable for the old man falling out of the seat to grab my crotch to prevent himself from falling on his ass?
* In reality I did study some number related materials such as these 漢字: 千, 萬, 億 but we’re just spliting hairs now…
Maybe the older man was interested to see if that ol’ sterotype was true.
Comment by Hong — December 17, 2005 @ 6:14 am
Ouch!
Comment by Mike — December 17, 2005 @ 6:41 am