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Arina - ex-Student  |
today three planets and a sun are in a straight line. the farthest planet takes 16 years to complete an orbit, the second farthest takes 8 years, the nearest takes 4 years. when will the planets and sun once again be in a staight line? _______________ <Shut up you gutless weasel.> -Rachel "a day may come when the courage of men fails, but it is not this day, this day we fight" |
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Silencio - Student 
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so.. what's the answer? _______________ Second-in-command of the mighty FiZZsters |
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Sauron-the-rasta-mon - Student 
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never if i get through with it _______________ Ω Allehelgens Død Helveds Rike Ω |
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SilkMonkey - Distributor of Cold Ones 
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the answer... DERP!!!! *beats everyone to death with his Ti-83* _______________ |-HK-47 -SilkMonkey: You are receiving a warning for being_too_sexy. If you do not stop, action will be taken against you.|| (11:13:43) � Virtue dances for Silk ||Smiling owner of Smilykrazy's 6000th comment =) ||Odan Wei's Proud Big Brother|| Janus is my official TaruTaru Cuddly Animal Type Person. ||(@Virtue) Or you could just be a man and set fire to your genitals.....you won't fall asleep for days after that.......trust me.||Thomas Skywalker er for sexy for sitt eget beste!!!!| Not changing sig until the JA loosens up. (Started: Aug 31, 2005) |
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Silencio - Student 
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It doesn't have to be in the same spot 8 years later. Look at this: 16-8-4-X In 8 years it will look like this, no? 8-4-X----16 Straight line, nuff said  _______________ Second-in-command of the mighty FiZZsters |
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Buzz - Student 
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Its not 8 years. The planet that takes 16 years isn't going to be in the same spot 8 years later. It will be on the other side of the sun. so it will be longer. I don't know the exact method to figure it though. _______________ 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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Jedi_Venezuela - Ex-Student 
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I think you are right Silencio, it only needs 8 years. I feel so dumb right now... _______________ Adrian, Jedi_Venezuela .:J:. JA Spanish Teacher This comment was edited by Jedi_Venezuela on Jun 03 2003 10:17pm. |
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Sniya - Student 
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Simple to align them get a death star blow them up then non are out of place,so variable amount of years depending when you can get a deathstar _______________ The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. Bertrand Russell http://www.thejediacademy.net/forums_detail_page.php?f_id=970 |
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
ARGH! Math! /me gets a Suncrusher Answer: 0 years. |
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DJ Sith - Jedi Council 
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7! _______________ My car is made of Nerf. |
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Arina - Ex-Student 
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a math probleam can you bealeave i actualy hate math but i seem to be good at it _______________ <Shut up you gutless weasel.> -Rachel "a day may come when the courage of men fails, but it is not this day, this day we fight" |
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Sared - Retired 
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Yep, 16 years. _______________ I'm crazy, not stupid. |
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Silencio - Student
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It could take as little as 8 years, depending on how they were set up to begin with _______________ Second-in-command of the mighty FiZZsters |
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Jedi_Venezuela - Ex-Student 
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It would take 32 years for the planets to be aligned again....I think.  _______________ Adrian, Jedi_Venezuela .:J:. JA Spanish Teacher |
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D@RtHM@UL - Student 
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in 16 years |
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