Question : Our school system

Acolyte · **Joined:** Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:25 am **Posts:** 9412

XSlayerALE wrote:

Its even in the internet

http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework ... 59553.html

Interesting she gets it wrong in a different way. Her solution has no allowance for finishing and has the caterpillar falling off the top of the bush at the end. :lol:

AnotherGeneric · **Joined:** Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:41 am **Posts:** 3322

It was a joke, Acolyte.

Mr.Whitmore · **Joined:** Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:53 pm **Posts:** 5038

What if the caterpillar decides to eat some leaves on the way up....he might get heavier and slower.....not to mention the added time for munching breaks.

Patrick D. · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:37 am

Well if it turned into a butterfly. There would be no problem. I guess the teacher is cross eyed. It is 32 mins. Thanks for that link.

XSlayerALE · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:19 am

Acolyte wrote:

XSlayerALE wrote:

not if i am counting the spaces not the lines in between them ....

And were you?

Be honest now... :lol:

Yeah .. well

...no ... I just randomly put lines that would make it look good...

Mr.Whitmore wrote:

How long does it take the caterpillar to fall back 6 inches?

at the rate of earths gravity being 9.8meters per second/second it would take about 0.176 seconds to fall six inches

given that the said bug would fall 14 times that would only add less than 2 and a half seconds to the problem.

Patrick D. wrote:

Well if it turned into a butterfly. There would be no problem. I guess the teacher is cross eyed. It is 32 mins. Thanks for that link.

NOOOOO!!!!

It's 30 minutes!! Arent you paying attention??!! You don't count the last drop! Even Acolyte agrees with me. ...and he always checks my math...

well technically its 30 minutes and 2.468 seconds...

gypsywitch · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:00 pm

But I did post this:

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edit for more confusion: However quantam physics says it will never reach the destination because it keeps only going half of the distance!

remember the exercise in trying to get to the pond by going halfway each time? If you only go halfway each time, then you never actually reach your destination!

XSlayerALE · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:24 pm

unless you go thru the wormhole....

gypsywitch · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:26 pm

Wouldn't it be a "caterpillar hole" in this case??

XSlayerALE · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:33 pm

Well that's just silly.

....caterpillars don't make holes. That's crazy talk. :mrgreen:

gypsywitch · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:38 pm

I actually dreamt about this stupid caterpillar last night.. james and the giant peach version, of a caterpillar getting bigger and bigger, and falling off a tree that turned into a beanstalk..

Invasion of the 50ft james and the Giant peach, Jack and the magic beans, clumsy caterpillar.. I am so taking a sleeping pill tonight..

XSlayerALE · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:55 pm

so how long would it take a caterpillar to reach the top of a 50 foot beanstalk? :mrgreen:

pixie11 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:57 pm

@ Xslayer--23.49 seconds
as for the school system it's like everything else too many chiefs not enough indians.

Crim · **Posted:** Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:45 am

You are all wrong! The caterpiller falls back 6 inches every time it reaches the 1 foot mark!

Trick question! :lol:

Mordae · **Posted:** Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:24 am

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Question : Our school system

I thought the title of the thread summed it all up quite nicely :twisted:

Stirky · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:17 pm

Crim wrote:

You are all wrong! The caterpiller falls back 6 inches every time it reaches the 1 foot mark!

Trick question! :lol:

I'd already pointed that out, so beat ya to it :lol:

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