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Thursday, August 22, 2002
That's a Huge Fucking Watch! ::
I sat here late tonight working on the Groutflow page and listening to the Al Malmberg show, but Al wasn't on. The chick who was on asked "The Impossible Question" just before 5. Her question was: What moves at 275 millionths (.000275) of a mile per hour. The answer: a wrist watch. Hmmm... I did the math, and assuming I got my numbers right, that watch has a minute hand measuring about 1.3 inches... a hell of a big watch! Recalculating to assume a summation of the movement of both the minute and hour hands, if the two of them were the same size, they'd still be 1.27 inches long each. My point? Either my math is wrong or her question needs fixing.
posted at 05:05 AM | comments: (2)
Ergh. Damn you and your word problems.
I get an answer of approx. 2.75in.
posted by Molly | August 22, 2002 @ 02:49 PM
Oops... I used the wrong formula for the circumference of a circle. I'm sure if I took the time to recalculate it I'd get an answer approximate to yours. Now that's an even larger watch!
posted by Krist | August 23, 2002 @ 12:20 PM
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