Minus' Solution to
Posted November 18 - 24, 1996
Minus' Solution to
Wynken + Nod + supplies = 462 + 30 = 492 pounds, so that will
be less than capacity.
The boat could not hold Wynken, Blinken and supplies, since the
total poundage would be 610.8 pounds. Way too heavy...
Wynken weighs 120 x 2.2 = 264 pounds
Blinken weighs 1.2(264) = 316.8 pounds
Nod weighs (0.75)(264) = 198 pounds
The dynamic trio of Nicholas McNaughton, Jeremy Birch and Michael Sharp of Christ Church Grammer School in Perth, Australia have ascended to Master Chefs by cooking up this solution:
Dear Minus the Mathematical Shark,I think that Wynken, Blinken and Nod are all a little overweight and probably should have bought a larger boat. Unfortunately Wynken and Blinken are too heavy for the little boat and the supplies. Blinken is the heavier of the three and therefore will have to stay ashore while Nod, Wynken and the trusty supplies have a holiday.
My group completed this problem by doing this:
120kg x 2.2 = 264 pound for Wynken
1.2 x 264 = 316.8 pounds for Blinken
264 x 0.75 = 198 pounds for Nod
Therefore Wynken and Blinken are too heavy while Winken and Nod are not.
Catch you in the shark free fishing nets,
Robert House, of CCGS, explained the key step in finding the solution to this week's question:
I have worked out that the boat can hold Nod, Wynken and the supplies. We converted all the kilograms into pounds, this made it possible to work out the answer.
Arthur Jacobitti [artjac@worldnet.att.net] recognized the culprit and offered a diet plan for Blinken. Move over Jenny Craig, Arthur's quick slim-plan is a killer...
Throw out Blinken--or his lunch basket, or do liposuction on him using the shark as a slimming tool.
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