IMP POW 1: The Broken Eggs Problem Statement: A farmer’s cart hits a pothole‚ causing all her eggs to fall out and break. Luckily‚ she is unhurt. To cover the cost of the eggs‚ her insurance agent needs to know how many she had. She can’t remember the number‚ but can remember some problems she had when packing the eggs. When she put the eggs in groups of two to six eggs‚ there was always one left over. However‚ in groups of seven‚ there were none left over. From what she knows‚ how can she figure
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Reaves I pledge… 9/5/14 Pow #1 A Sticky Gum Problem This POW didn’t have a specific problem but it does have a few specific problems with gumballs. Question 1: Mrs. Hernandez comes across a gumball machine one day when she was out with her twins. Of course‚ the twins each wanted a gumball. They also insist on having the same color. They don’t care what color the gumballs are‚ as long as they’re both the same. Ms. Hernandez can see that there are only white and red gumballs in the machine. The
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1. Problem Statement Keisha is making a quilt that will be made up of rectangular patches of rectangular material. When she finds a box of satin material that is 17 by 22 inches long she wonders how many 3 by 5 inch patches she could include into the quilt. However‚ after we found out that 22 at minimum‚ rectangular patches can fit into the quilt and 24 at maximum‚ she decides to see how many 9 by 10‚ 10 by 12 and 8 by 9 inch boxes she can fit into the 17 by 22 inch quilt. Lastly‚ she had to
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A Digital Proof Write-up The problem in A Digital Proof has two parts. The first is to fill in five boxes with numbers that fit the criteria: each box has a number‚ and the digit that is placed in each box must be the amount of times that number appears in the whole five digit number formed by the boxes. The second part of the problem is to prove that there is only one solution. How I went about solving this problem was somewhat simple; at least‚ it was at first. I started from the ‘four’ box
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POW 11: Let’s Make A Deal 1. Problem Statement: For this Problem of the Week we were required to find out if our chances of winning Let’s Make A Deal were higher if we switched to the other door or stayed with our original door after a worthless prize was revealed behind one of the doors we did not chose. The game show host knew what was behind each door‚ so every time he would reveal something worthless behind one of the doors you did not choose after you made your first choice. Then he would
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ARE REASON AND EMOTION EQUALLY IN JUSTIFYING MORAL DECISIONS? This essay will deal with the topic of how reason and emotion justify the moral decisions. Therefore‚ in this case it is assumed that moral decisions can be justified. Justify itself means to give explanation for or to give reason for something. It is assumed also that reason and emotion are the two tools of ways of knowing used to justify moral decisions. Thus‚ these both will have explanation of how they can justify moral decisions
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Problem Statement: A football league scores points for field goals as five points and touchdowns as three points. They want to know what the highest amount of points that is impossible to score. Process: I thought that maybe there was patterns in certain combinations. Field goals = 5 pts. Then I listed the multiples of 5 to 25. 5‚10‚15‚20‚25 Touchdowns = 3 pts. I did the same as above. 3‚6‚9‚12‚15‚18‚21‚24‚27 I looked at the patterns and knew that if the team only scored field goals
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The The Washington Traffic Safety Commission estimates that a car accident happens every 5 minutes‚ with many of these occurring in Seattle. Not all of these accidents result in whiplash‚ but many do. While car accidents are the most common way that whiplash happens‚ any sudden blow that forces your head to jerk backward and forward quickly‚ can result in whiplash. What is Whiplash? The sudden and forceful jerking of the head forward and then backward causes the neck muscles to strain. It can
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its citizens. It is the goal of the government to treat all the citizens equally. As stated in the constitution‚ all men are created equal. However‚ is it realistic for a government to treat all of its citizens equally? In the novel‚ Animal Farm‚ written by George Orwell‚ it is made clear that in a society people will not be treated equally. Although people may strive for a perfect society where everyone is treated equally‚ it is clear to any observer that within any society the leaders‚ the majority
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Cornwell 1 Kimberly Cornwell Professor Reynolds English 111 1 November 2011 Article Summary The issue of animal rights revolves around the question of whether animals should be given the same rights as humans. (“Animal Rights” Current issues: Macmillian Social Science Library. Detroit: Gale‚ 2010. Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 1 Nov. 2011) I feel that animals should be treated kindly but using animals in experiments for science and medicine can sometimes be very useful. Many people
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