Posers and Puzzles
05 Jun 06
05 Jun 06
Ok kids, here is one not so hard:
Farmer has mixed messages here, trying to figure out how many gallons his fields got during a recent rain, there was one inch of rain and he has 1000 hectares of land that just received that amount of rainfall, so how many gallons of water does that represent?
05 Jun 06
Originally posted by sonhouse254 000 000 litres
Ok kids, here is one not so hard:
Farmer has mixed messages here, trying to figure out how many gallons his fields got during a recent rain, there was one inch of rain and he has 1000 hectares of land that just received that amount of rainfall, so how many gallons of water does that represent?
Any other answer is stupid as it uses inferior units.
05 Jun 06
Originally posted by XanthosNZYes but the farmer, being hopelessly entwined with stupid units was wondering how many gallons that was. Anyway I kind of figured YOU could do the arithmetic, I was posing that for the 14 yo set.
254 000 000 litres
Any other answer is stupid as it uses inferior units.
05 Jun 06
Originally posted by sonhouseConsidering you didn't define US Liquid Gallon, Imperial Gallon or even the US Dry Gallon the question is unanswerable in gallon form.
Yes but the farmer, being hopelessly entwined with stupid units was wondering how many gallons that was. Anyway I kind of figured YOU could do the arithmetic, I was posing that for the 14 yo set.
05 Jun 06
Originally posted by XanthosNZConsistency! See the thread about turning moments. You seemed to assume things quite well there.
Considering you didn't define US Liquid Gallon, Imperial Gallon or even the US Dry Gallon the question is unanswerable in gallon form.
Agreed, though. What is the point of this puzzle?
05 Jun 06
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Originally posted by XanthosNZWell I think you can safely eliminate DRY gallons. So you could theoretically give two answers, US v UK. I really wasn't trying to generate ill will, just a little arithmetic problem. Lighten up, I think you wouldn't know a sense of humour if it came up and bit you on your labia majora......
Considering you didn't define US Liquid Gallon, Imperial Gallon or even the US Dry Gallon the question is unanswerable in gallon form.
05 Jun 06
Originally posted by XanthosNZIsn't it 254,000 litres? I will show my work, if I am wrong show me where I went wrong.
254 000 000 litres
Any other answer is stupid as it uses inferior units.
1000 hectares is 100mx100m
one inch is 2.54 centimetres, or 0.0254 metres
100x100x0.0254= 254 m^3
1 L= 0.001m^3
254/0.001= 254,000
05 Jun 06
Originally posted by prosoccer1 hectare is 100 * 100 metres. 1000 hectares is 1000*100*100 square metres.
Isn't it 254,000 litres? I will show my work, if I am wrong show me where I went wrong.
1000 hectares is 100mx100m
one inch is 2.54 centimetres, or 0.0254 metres
100x100x0.0254= 254 m^3
1 L= 0.001m^3
254/0.001= 254,000
05 Jun 06
Originally posted by XanthosNZXanth, I agree completely, gallons, any variety, is inferior as a system to metric. If you specify those units in feet, inches, acres and gallons you go through hoops to end up with the correct answer. What I am wondering, could there be something more going on here, like some kind of anti-UK/US backlash simply because thats where they were used the most? Its no big secret most of the world dislikes both countries and for good reasons but do think that dislike spills over to units of measure also?
254 000 000 litres
Any other answer is stupid as it uses inferior units.