Tuesday, July 14, 2009

July 14, 2008

Six trees are equally spaced along one side of a straight road. The distance from the first tree to the fourth is 60 feet. What is the distance in feet between the first and last trees?

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Monday, July 13, 2009

July 13, 2009

Carlos Montado was born on Saturday, November 9, 2002. On what day of the week will Carlos be 706 days old?


Friday, July 10, 2009

July 10, 2009


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Thursday, July 9, 2009

July 9, 2009


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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

July 8, 2009

Riders on a Ferris wheel travel in a circle in a vertical plane. A particular wheel has radius 20 feet and revolves at the constant rate of one revolution per minute. How many seconds does it take a rider to travel from the bottom of the wheel to a point 10 vertical feet above the bottom?

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