Calculus professor who has clearly never been sailing

[Phil Herring]

 

[woodster]

what brand boat is that sounds fast

 

[kloudie1]

One decimal point off?

 

[Ron20324]

 

[rgranger]

Thanks..... that made my morning.

Even if you assume a decimal point off.... still funny

 

[walt]

I wonder if some student refused to answer the question because the speeds for the sailboat were not given in knots.

 

[Jackdaw]

I wonder if some student refused to answer the question because the speeds for the sailboat were not given in knots.

Knots are a non-SI unit of measure (meaning non-metric). Mathematicians, and physicists hate that.

 

[JamesG161]

Everyone knows that km=thousand millimeters.

The real answer is ZERO!

If they were both towing the same dinghy, maybe there would be a dinghy RESULTANT VELOCITY on Jupiter.

Ya'll are GPS brain dead!
Jim...

 

[kloudie1]

If a train left Chicago at 3 AM making 10 furlongs per fortnight and another left Key West at 4 AM, making 16 knots, where would they meet ? What time in the Lunar Cycle would it be when they met?

 

[Ted]

Protest!

 

[JamesG161]

Real boating question...

If a crooked lawyer fell over board and you were going to toss him a Life Sling. You toss your life sling at a component windward speed of 4 knots/hour in a SSW direction and a component 1.2 knots/hour True North, would the resultant life sling vector reach the drowning lawyer?
Jim...

 

[Afrakes]

Yes it would as long as it was attached to the anchor.

 

[rgranger]

If a train left Chicago at 3 AM making 10 furlongs per fortnight and another left Key West at 4 AM, making 16 knots, where would they meet ? What time in the Lunar Cycle would it be when they met?

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

And so ....................................... who's on first ?

 

[Kermit]

There are 3 kinds of people. Those who understand math and those who don't.

 

[DougM]

The theoretical answer is 206.16, however the boat would have lost its rig and probably all hands well before reaching that speed. Even if he had a couple of 502 Chevy V8s, and a reasonable planing hull, the 50 knot winds would be a problem.

Try to figure out what the waterline length on displacement hull would have to be to reach that speed. Assume no friction and no wind resistance.

 

[markwbird]

Actually, none of the choices is correct. Velocity is a vector and, therefore, includes speed and direction. The correct answer is 206.16 km/h at a heading of 284 degrees.

 

[Roland5048]

Actually, none of the choices is correct. Velocity is a vector and, therefore, includes speed and direction. The correct answer is 206.16 km/h at a heading of 284 degrees.

Nerd.

 

[woodster]

There are 3 kinds of people. Those who understand math and those who don't.

Kermit i thought i told you 5 out of 4 people always have trouble with math

 

[woodster]

Knots are a non-SI unit of measure (meaning non-metric). Mathematicians, and physicists hate that.

those Knots would fall in the same catagorie as fathoms and leagues all of witch i assume are nautical terms