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Fire - Student  |
So my friend came up to me with another problem today he had in his homework set thing, and it stump me. I was wondering if you guys could help out  Here's the question, "Tippy Van Winkle is awakened from a deep sleep by the cukcoo of a clock which sounds every half hour. Before Tippy can look at the clock, his brother Bippy enters the room and offers to bet $10 that the hands of the clock form an acute angle. Assuming that the hands have not moved since the cuckoo, how much should Tippy put up against Bippy's $10 so that it is an even bet?" Thanks in advance! |
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Buzz - Student 
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obtuse angles are considered to normally be between 90 and 180 degrees. So you only involve that set. If you're saying an obtuse angle exists past 270° then you're not thinking clearly. And even if you want to try to argue that, they still form an acute angle while forming that obtuse angle so its still there. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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DarthMike - Student 
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but if its an obtuse angle its also an acute angle, if you look on the opposite side _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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Fire - Student 
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Ah, I see, thanks Buzz. Cool pic by the way, I actually thought Serenity was pretty good. |
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Buzz - Student 
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possibility of acute angles: 10/24 possibility of obtuse angels: 10/24 possibility of 0° angle: 1/24 possibility of 90° angle: 2/24 possibility of 180° angle: 1/24 If you consider the 0 90 and 180 to not be either acute or obtuse angles then he should be putting $14 up for the bet. If you're putting including them in the acute and obtuse then it would be an even bet of $10 each. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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DarthMike - Student 
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oh yeah  So it would be acute at everytime except 12:00 and 6:00. Which means 2/24 of a chance that it wont be acute, and 2/24 of $10 is 83.33333333 cents. LOL whatd i do wrong? _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy This comment was edited by DarthMike on Nov 10 2005 02:38am. |
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Fire - Student 
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There's also the two hands to take into consideration also. The hour and minute hand, they have the ability to make acute angles. |
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DarthMike - Student
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ehhh, wouldnt it nvr be acute since it would either be 0 degrees or 180? _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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