Comments on: Found Gold Bar…formula http://dfollett76.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/found-gold-barformula/ my digital home Thu, 14 May 2009 02:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mineking32 http://dfollett76.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/found-gold-barformula/#comment-53 mineking32 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:03:59 +0000 http://dfollett76.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/found-gold-barformula/#comment-53 I say that calculas, yet i have not seen it, will be easy iin my senior year. I also say that this sight is boring. §╚{╚§├TσƒeÄA█\¿¿ I say that calculas, yet i have not seen it, will be easy iin my senior year. I also say that this sight is boring.
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]]> By: mrfollett http://dfollett76.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/found-gold-barformula/#comment-47 mrfollett Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:51:30 +0000 http://dfollett76.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/found-gold-barformula/#comment-47 So true, Chuck. I was explaining to my students how you could use a quadratic equation to describe the motion of a basketball and precisely make your shot. However, it would be near impossible to get the initial velocities right, so you might as well just forget about the science and learn the art of basketball. I would like to build those water displacement models and maybe measure some everyday gold bar shaped objects like say...a gold bar, just to test these formulas out. If you're up for the challenge I'd love to see the results. So true, Chuck. I was explaining to my students how you could use a quadratic equation to describe the motion of a basketball and precisely make your shot. However, it would be near impossible to get the initial velocities right, so you might as well just forget about the science and learn the art of basketball.

I would like to build those water displacement models and maybe measure some everyday gold bar shaped objects like say…a gold bar, just to test these formulas out. If you’re up for the challenge I’d love to see the results.

]]> By: chuck kottke http://dfollett76.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/found-gold-barformula/#comment-45 chuck kottke Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:14:42 +0000 http://dfollett76.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/found-gold-barformula/#comment-45 Or, we could just make a model of it, and see how much water is displaced! The method looks good, and it is useful to understand; but one thing I've learned is that sometimes we overdo complexities when simple solutions abound - although, this is not always the case, so it's helpful to know the math. One can modify the variables in the formula to suit the need, but models take longer to change. ;-) I still like the calculus methods for volume - it just seems neater to "slice" and "stack" the object. Or, we could just make a model of it, and see how much water is displaced! The method looks good, and it is useful to understand; but one thing I’ve learned is that sometimes we overdo complexities when simple solutions abound – although, this is not always the case, so it’s helpful to know the math. One can modify the variables in the formula to suit the need, but models take longer to change. ;-) I still like the calculus methods for volume – it just seems neater to “slice” and “stack” the object.

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]]> By: kenneth http://dfollett76.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/found-gold-barformula/#comment-34 kenneth Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:51:27 +0000 http://dfollett76.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/found-gold-barformula/#comment-34 i like them all i like them all

]]> By: Matthew Fedder http://dfollett76.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/found-gold-barformula/#comment-5 Matthew Fedder Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:17:21 +0000 http://dfollett76.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/found-gold-barformula/#comment-5 Finally! A mystery of the ages has been solved :) Finally! A mystery of the ages has been solved :)

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