Back Woods / Redneck Math Exam:
If your uncle builds a still which operates at a capacity of 20 gallons of shine produced per hour, how many car radiators are required to condense the product?
A woodcutter has a chainsaw which operates at 2700 RPM. The density of the pine trees in the plot to be harvested is 470 per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average tree diameter is 14 inches. How many PBR’s will be drunk before the trees are cut down?
A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine planks on 24-inch centers with a field rock foundation. The span is 16 feet wide by 8 feet. The porch floor is 1-inch rough sawn pine. If the porch should collapse, how many dogs will be killed?
A man owns a house in Georgia on 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an average slope of 15%. The man has five children. How many of his grown children can place a mobile home on the man's land and still have enough property for two broken down vehicles per child to sit out front?
A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards down a steep slope on a secondary road in Kentucky at 45 MPH. The brakes fail. Given average traffic conditions on secondary roads, what is the probability that it will strike a vehicle with a muffler?
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DeleteMath is hard! I knew some of those math problems when I lived in LA(Lower Alabama).
ReplyDeleteRedneck math multiplies the difficulty because of the random values that have to be considered. I too spend some time in AL also ... unfortunately. Joined the Army in Enterprise, AL.
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