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Welcome to the tenth day of this year's IAP TRIVIA CONTEST</u>. You will have until 12 noon ET tomorrow to email your answer to this question. Please be sure to include your IAP screen name with your answer so we know who you are.
All correct answers "postmarked" before noon will be placed in a hat and two winners selected every day. The winners will be announced about 8 P.M. ET of the day the question closes (or whenever I feel like it) and the decision of the TriviaMeister will be final.
!!!!!***HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK***!!!!!
Question for day 10.....
Question: OK, this is the last question for my part of the trivia contest. At first reading it will seem like a pretty tough question (One of the TriviaMeisters said it made his head hurt); but if you think about it for a minute, it is really quite simple and you can probably do the math faster than you can read the question. (It's probably about a 7th or 8th grade math question.........maybe even fifth grade??) Good luck!!
You live in a town with two saw mills and are thinking of starting a blank selling business. Both mills sell exotic lumber; but only in one board foot pieces. Mill "A" offers low prices; but only sells boards that are 12" x 12". Mill "B" is 50% more expensive; but will provide boards in any dimensions that you would like.
You plan to start off offering blanks for the Sierra kit since it is popular in your area. You know that you can get 64 blanks from a 12" x 12" board; but need to figure out how many blanks you can possibly get out of an optimally sized board.
Here are the figures you need. The bookkeeper is on vacation this week so you have to do your own calculations.
The blanks need to be 3/4" x 3/4" x 2.21" + 1/8"(to prevent blowouts). The kerf width on your saw is 3/32". Which mill offers the better deal and what is the maximum number of blanks you can expect to get from a board foot of lumber?
Note: If you don't have the foggiest idea, just guess. What have you got to loose?? Good luck!!)
Email your answer to: 2008bashtrivia@penturners.org
Please show the date and name of the contest in the title block of your email i.e., 10 Jan Trivia. (saves time for the TriviaMeister in processing entries.}
Note: "Laundry list" entries that include several possible alternative answers are "NOT" acceptable. Submit only one answer per question or question part(if there is a multi-part question) unless the question specifically asks for multiple answers. Thanks.
All correct answers "postmarked" before noon will be placed in a hat and two winners selected every day. The winners will be announced about 8 P.M. ET of the day the question closes (or whenever I feel like it) and the decision of the TriviaMeister will be final.
!!!!!***HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK***!!!!!
Question for day 10.....
Question: OK, this is the last question for my part of the trivia contest. At first reading it will seem like a pretty tough question (One of the TriviaMeisters said it made his head hurt); but if you think about it for a minute, it is really quite simple and you can probably do the math faster than you can read the question. (It's probably about a 7th or 8th grade math question.........maybe even fifth grade??) Good luck!!
You live in a town with two saw mills and are thinking of starting a blank selling business. Both mills sell exotic lumber; but only in one board foot pieces. Mill "A" offers low prices; but only sells boards that are 12" x 12". Mill "B" is 50% more expensive; but will provide boards in any dimensions that you would like.
You plan to start off offering blanks for the Sierra kit since it is popular in your area. You know that you can get 64 blanks from a 12" x 12" board; but need to figure out how many blanks you can possibly get out of an optimally sized board.
Here are the figures you need. The bookkeeper is on vacation this week so you have to do your own calculations.
The blanks need to be 3/4" x 3/4" x 2.21" + 1/8"(to prevent blowouts). The kerf width on your saw is 3/32". Which mill offers the better deal and what is the maximum number of blanks you can expect to get from a board foot of lumber?
Note: If you don't have the foggiest idea, just guess. What have you got to loose?? Good luck!!)
Email your answer to: 2008bashtrivia@penturners.org
Please show the date and name of the contest in the title block of your email i.e., 10 Jan Trivia. (saves time for the TriviaMeister in processing entries.}
Note: "Laundry list" entries that include several possible alternative answers are "NOT" acceptable. Submit only one answer per question or question part(if there is a multi-part question) unless the question specifically asks for multiple answers. Thanks.