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karlene
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 Posted: 01/10/06 - 08:23 Post subject:
First unscramble the letters in each word below, then unscramble the word order to create a Tom Swifty sentence.
DIAS MOT EW MFRAEHOUS TUSJ TPU NI URO EECTLYRICTI
DOL YCUNTOR GHITYLL.
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Posted: 01/10/06 - 09:15 Post subject:
"we just put electricity in our old country farmhouse", Tom said lightly
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karlene
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Posted: 01/10/06 - 09:44 Post subject:
| prohemp wrote: | | "we just put electricity in our old country farmhouse", Tom said lightly |
correct-a-mundo
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karlene
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Posted: 01/11/06 - 11:12 Post subject:
Which is larger: the number of inches in a mile or the number of weeks in 1,200 years?
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Posted: 01/11/06 - 11:14 Post subject:
| Karlene wrote: | | Which is larger: the number of inches in a mile or the number of weeks in 1,200 years? |
Inches in a mile! 63360
fyi weeks in 1200 years = 62400
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karlene
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Posted: 01/11/06 - 11:15 Post subject:
| Running Brewer wrote: | | Karlene wrote: | | Which is larger: the number of inches in a mile or the number of weeks in 1,200 years? |
Inches in a mile! 63360
fyi weeks in 1200 years = 62400 |
DING DING
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Posted: 01/11/06 - 11:16 Post subject:
i was going with inches in a mile... but didn't have exact measurements.
1600m in a mile...3.2ish feet in a meter... times 12 inches... and i figured the loose change would've added up.
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karlene
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Posted: 01/12/06 - 11:46 Post subject:
Charlie went out to buy some tools. He spent half of the original amount plus $10 for a drill, half of what was left plus $4 for a sander, then half of what was left plus $2, leaving him with $6.
How much did he start with?
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Posted: 01/12/06 - 11:56 Post subject:
| Karlene wrote: | Charlie went out to buy some tools. He spent half of the original amount plus $10 for a drill, half of what was left plus $4 for a sander, then half of what was left plus $2, leaving him with $6.
How much did he start with? |
...i buggered that one up.
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Posted: 01/12/06 - 12:05 Post subject:
| Karlene wrote: | Charlie went out to buy some tools. He spent half of the original amount plus $10 for a drill, half of what was left plus $4 for a sander, then half of what was left plus $2, leaving him with $6.
How much did he start with? |
$100
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karlene
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Posted: 01/12/06 - 12:06 Post subject:
| Running Brewer wrote: | | Karlene wrote: | Charlie went out to buy some tools. He spent half of the original amount plus $10 for a drill, half of what was left plus $4 for a sander, then half of what was left plus $2, leaving him with $6.
How much did he start with? |
$100 |
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Posted: 01/12/06 - 12:07 Post subject:
| Running Brewer wrote: | | Karlene wrote: | Charlie went out to buy some tools. He spent half of the original amount plus $10 for a drill, half of what was left plus $4 for a sander, then half of what was left plus $2, leaving him with $6.
How much did he start with? |
$100 |
how did you come up with that? i get the feeling i went about this completely the wrong way.
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Posted: 01/12/06 - 12:09 Post subject:
ANSWER: $100 ($50 + $10 = $60, leaving $40; $20 + $4 = $24, leaving $16; $8 + $2 = $10, leaving $6)
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Posted: 01/12/06 - 12:10 Post subject:
| blue wrote: | | Running Brewer wrote: | | Karlene wrote: | Charlie went out to buy some tools. He spent half of the original amount plus $10 for a drill, half of what was left plus $4 for a sander, then half of what was left plus $2, leaving him with $6.
How much did he start with? |
$100 |
how did you come up with that? i get the feeling i went about this completely the wrong way. |
T-D-S-X=6
D = T/2 + 10
S = T/4 - 1
X = T/8 - 2.5
T - T/2 - 10 - T/4 + 1 - T/8 +2.5 = 6
8T/8 - 4T/8 - 2T/8 - T/8 - 6.5 = 6
T/8 = 12.5
T=100
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Posted: 01/12/06 - 12:10 Post subject:
i'd just like to know the method...
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