Morning folks, I hope u'all is ready for a weekend packed with fun and frolics. What! Say what? Well, maybe you are right - back to bed for an extra hours shuteye. Before I go, here are the results from yesterday's preliminaries:
Mark:
r
y
s
= syrup
That was clever!
I rather cleverly posted:
CL UD
THOUGHT AN
TO/RN
XQQQME
Mark came back moments later -
an afterthought
Rip Torn
excuse me
partly cloudy
Then without warning, he puts one in below the belt with, "I wonder if Paula knows about this..."
I seem to remember you two getting friendly with ?'army' talk. :wink:
At the very moment, I was about to cross him of my Christmas card list, he comes back with:
DRAG RACE
12+6*sqrt(3) = 22.392 seconds
To put this fantastic answer in perspective, first the original question:
A drag racer accelerates at a uniform rate from its starting point. It travels the last one fourth of the distance from the starting point to the finish line in 3 seconds. How long did it take to travel the entire distance from starting point to finish line?
Let the total distance traveled be 1.
Let a be the acceleration.
Let t be the total time traveled.
Basic calculus tells us that the velocity at time t is a*t and the total distance traveled is a*t^2/2.
So we know:
(1) 1=a*t^2/2 and
(2) 0.75 = a*(t-3)^2/2
Solving both sides for a we have :
(3) 2/t^2 = 3/(2*(t-3)^2)
4*(t-3)^2 = 3*t^2
t^2 - 24t + 36 = 0
t = (24 +/- 432^1/2)/2 (11) t = 6*3^1/2 + 12
Add 3 for the total distance of 12 + 6*3^1/2 = ~ 22.39230485
Please note I have more numbers after the . thingy than he!
Shari, fresh from packing still manages to get:
Excuse me
an afterthought
torn apart.
She then rather wittingly remarks on Mark's undergarments:
MANties - Panties made just for men. For those nights and days, when you want to be and feel a little special, naughty, and very sexy, these panties are made for you. How Shari knew what Mark wears is another matter altogether.
This was enough to bring Dadpad, which, leaving his ?'pad' problem aside, is known as DP (modesty refrains me from explaining what DP stands for) assists with some ?'bush' advise...
If I may be so bold as to offer my congratulations to an unsung HERO namely;
Mrs McBride.
You have saved my sanity with your answers:
ergast.........Helium i believe is one inert gas
pas........short pass? (a kick in australian rules football)
storm
.. th .........thunder storm (She is good folks, real good!)
May I suggest you sign up as you leave McGroom in your dust, his contribution is grossly eggzagerated!
"egg&egg&egg" = To egg somebody on?
This place gets to look more like a ?'soap opera' everyday.
Will Mark find Paula?
Will DP answer without help?
Will McBride join up?
Will Shari's move to Toon Town go ok?
So many questions, so little time
WAY WEIGH
EASY
Iiiiiiii
SEARCH
AND
GO IT IT IT IT
The AtwoK dating service has m men and w women, such that m>w. Introductions are made by randomly drawing any two names (without replacement) out of the total membership. If one man and one woman is drawn then a blind date is arranged.
The probability that a draw will result in one of each gender is exactly 50%. After an advertising campaign to attract women to the club, 100 more members join the service. After the increase in membership, both properties still hold true: m>w and a 50% probability of a successful drawing.
After the increase, how many men and how many women are in the service
LATE EXTRA>>>
Deadline Shari - update
Shari wrote elsewhere on this site:
"
Yes I would love personal service...What did you have in mind?"
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
said I, Shari, truly your actions I deplore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you' - here I opened wide the door; - Darkness there, and nothing more...
OMG!!! I am just going outside now, I may be some time
>sniff<
