It would come as no shock to anyone who knows me that my favorite christmas movie of all time is Home Alone. It was during a rewatching of this movie the other night that I had the thought I'm sure most do, "How do Marv and Harry withstand this physical abuse?" Now, of course, it's … Continue reading A not so Merry Christmas for Marv and Harry
Category: Random Ponderings and Calculations
Number puzzle
Several months ago I was presented with a puzzle involving numbers and operators. The puzzle was to create five equations using the numbers 1-10 and each of the numerical operators. Each number from 1-10 has to be used once and only once. Each operator is to be used once and one operator can be used … Continue reading Number puzzle
Calculating The volume of an ingot
Mindlessly scrolling through Reddit recently led me to a posting about finding the volume of an ingot shape. Many of the comments for this math question involved the clever prospect of using water displacement similar to the famous story of Archimedes discovering a method of calculating the volume of an oddly shaped crown. While this … Continue reading Calculating The volume of an ingot
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