Trivia

[PessOptimist]

Bringing us back to trivia, and more on point, the market . . .

What does an alternative name for the sycamore tree have to do with the stock market?

I thought I knew this from somewhere, trivial persuit, Jeopardy. The interwebthingie makes this stuff too easy to verify so I am going to let someone who may actually have known answer.

About them melons...yeah I see that the five pounds of fiber is now effectively 2% of the total so 1% is now 2.5 pounds and 100%=25 pounds. I still think you guys must work for OMB:nuts:

 

[Monty]

Hints:
1. history
2. Wall Street
3. This common name for the sycamore tells how its "......wood" was commonly used.

 

[Monty]

Bringing us back to trivia, and more on point, the market . . .

What does an alternative name for the sycamore tree have to do with the stock market?

 

[Gumby]

Wait just a dang minute Gumby damnit..24.5 pounds per melon..you asked total weight of both melons




and that's 49 pounds

Scout and me both said that....:suspicious:...it's tar and feather time

Buster......
Before you attempt to tar & feather....... You and Scout had not arrived at the correct answer.

Think of it this way. Both melons weighed 50 lbs of which they were 99% water. This means that 49.5 lbs of water and 0.5 lbs of vegetable matter were in both melons.

To get to 98% water, the melons would have to lose 25 lbs of water (almost 3 gallons).

The math verifies this. When BOTH melons weigh 25 lbs total. The water content is 98%. There is still 0.5 lbs of Vege matter.

0.5 / 25 = 0.02 or 2% VM the other 98% is water.
Both melons would be soft and sagging........ unlike the proud ones shown below

 

[Buster]

Chill out Buster. These guys must work for OMB. They changed the question from total weight to weight of the vegetable matter. By that reasoning, the watermelons only weighed .995 pounds to begin with. They asked about the water weight.

Remember, 50 trillion can magically become only 24.5 trillion. It's simple algebra! Twisted around a bit but remember, we are too ignorant to know the difference.

If the water content of an item is 99% of total weight, and that water content decreases to 98% of TOTAL WEIGHT, wtf does that have to with the weight of the vegetable matter? Magic math to astound the prols.

Enjoy your victory!

I can't wait to move to the dry heat..it's been more humid here than I've ever seen it..Feels like Houston..heat indexs in the 105's with ambient temps around 95..worst summer for humidity ever in the 18 years I've been here.

 

[PessOptimist]

Wait just a dang minute Gumby damnit..24.5 pounds per melon..you asked total weight of both melons




and that's 49 pounds

Scout and me both said that....:suspicious:...it's tar and feather time

Chill out Buster. These guys must work for OMB. They changed the question from total weight to weight of the vegetable matter. By that reasoning, the watermelons only weighed .995 pounds to begin with. They asked about the water weight.

Remember, 50 trillion can magically become only 24.5 trillion. It's simple algebra! Twisted around a bit but remember, we are too ignorant to know the difference.

If the water content of an item is 99% of total weight, and that water content decreases to 98% of TOTAL WEIGHT, wtf does that have to with the weight of the vegetable matter? Magic math to astound the prols.

Enjoy your victory!

 

[Buster]

Your spot on Monty.... Boards yours

Wait just a dang minute Gumby damnit..24.5 pounds per melon..you asked total weight of both melons

What will be the total weight of both melons when the water content is 98%?

and that's 49 pounds

Scout and me both said that....:suspicious:...it's tar and feather time

 

[Gumby]

Ratio of the second water weight (W) must be 98% or 0.98 as follows:
W
------------ = .98
0.5lb + W

Solving for W = 24.5lbs.

If F = 0.5lb = "fiber" weight, then a check of the math should would be

W (24.5lb)
----------- = .98
F + W = 25lb

25lb is the total weight of the melons (fiber plus 98% water)

The second water weight is 24.5lb.

Your spot on Monty.... Boards yours

 

[burrocrat]

welcome to the sight Monty.

what a way to start out, i sure hope you right, first post, nice one.

 

[Monty]

Ratio of the second water weight (W) must be 98% or 0.98 as follows:
W
------------ = .98
0.5lb + W

Solving for W = 24.5lbs.

If F = 0.5lb = "fiber" weight, then a check of the math should would be

W (24.5lb)
----------- = .98
F + W = 25lb

25lb is the total weight of the melons (fiber plus 98% water)

The second water weight is 24.5lb.

 

[SWAVET]

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But, but, but I'm FERS by the time I met MRA that day is not round up to = one month even and my sick leave too.....:toung:. I have almost 20 yrs to go, by MRA it'll be almost 40 yrs in Svc .

 

[wwwtractor]

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[Gumby]

I'll make it easy.

Ww = weight of water

49.5 - Ww = (0.98)Ww

re-arranging 49.5 = (0.98)Ww + Ww

49.5 = 1.98 Ww Ww=?


Total weight of melons @ 98% water = 50 lbs - Ww

Total weight of melons = ?????

 

[Gumby]

Let's do a little thinking problem.

You have two fine Missouri watermelons that weigh 25 lbs each. The melons currently contain 99% water. You tell your teenage daughter to unload them from the back from the back of your Chevy while you enjoy a fine Missouri Budweiser. Your daughter gets distracted by her IPhone and forgets to unload them. You also forget about the melons after a few Buds. The melons lay in the back of the Chevy while you enjoy the nice 95 deg weather for a few days.

What will be the total weight of both melons when the water content is 98%?

I think Buster's melon(s) pic has thrown everyone off.

As the melons shrivel, the water content decreases as a percentage of the total weight......but the vegetable matter weighs the same.

So initially we have 50 lbs of melons which contain (0.99*50) lbs of water and 0.5 lbs vegetable matter. So to get to 98% water, essentially the weight of water must decrease by 50%.

Now solve it.

Ww = weight of water

49.5 - Ww = (0.98)Ww How much is it?

 

[SWAVET]

Not there yet.
I'll give you a hint... 50 lbs of melons @ 99% water would contain 49.5 lbs of water and 0.5 lbs of vegetable matter. The vegetable matter will stay the same as the melons lose weight.

99% = 49.5 lbs
98% = Water
Water = 49 lbs
then there is your answer when you add water & vegetable matter.

 

[Buster]

49 pounds?

I already tried that one...


http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/showpost.php?p=278628&postcount=460

 

[Scout333]

49 pounds?

 

[nnuut]

 

[Buster]

Not there yet.
I'll give you a hint... 50 lbs of melons @ 99% water would contain 49.5 lbs of water and 0.5 lbs of vegetable matter. The vegetable matter will stay the same as the melons lose weight.

48.51 lbs?

 

[Gumby]

Okay Gumby damnit!

One last try..

if they were total 50 Lbs at 99% water, then 98% water would be 49.5 Lbs

Final Answer

Not there yet.
I'll give you a hint... 50 lbs of melons @ 99% water would contain 49.5 lbs of water and 0.5 lbs of vegetable matter. The vegetable matter will stay the same as the melons lose weight.