Calculating the Number of Waves Passing a Boat in 55 Seconds: Physics 11

In summary, the conversation involved solving two problems. The first problem was about calculating the number of waves that would pass a boat in a given amount of time, while the second problem was about finding the number of homework problems a boy would complete in a week based on his rate of completing problems in 16 minutes. The conversation also involved some joking and banter, but ultimately the problems were solved and the answer to the second problem was 0.
  • #1
puregoodboi
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Physics 11 is so confusing ...

A Person,resting in a boat, notices that 16 waves pass the boat every 38 seconds ... HOw many waves would pass the boat in 55 seconds?
 
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  • #2
A boy does 0 homework problems in 16 minutes. How many homework problems will he complete in 1 week? :-)
 
  • #3
in order to answer that you need to find howmany waves in a second (16/38) which equals to *.42* meanning there will be .42 waves passing every second. then you just multiply it by 55 (.42*55) which equals to 23.2 (23.15789473684...
 
  • #4
A boy does 0 homework problems in 16 minutes. How many homework problems will he complete in 1 week?

He better hope that one isn't on the test! :smile:
 
  • #5
hmmm the boy does 0 homework in one week, because 7 days in one week and 24 hours in one day so: 24*7=168, then 60 minutes in an hour, 60*168=10080, and he does 0 in 16 minutes so, 10080/16=630, then 630*0=0, that's it. :smile:
 
  • #6
cdhotfire said:
hmmm the boy does 0 homework in one week, because 7 days in one week and 24 hours in one day so: 24*7=168, then 60 minutes in an hour, 60*168=10080, and he does 0 in 16 minutes so, 10080/16=630, then 630*0=0, that's it. :smile:

Yeah, but what if his rate grows exponentially? :wink:
 
  • #7
well that was not part of the problem, it says he does 0 homework in 16 min, so I deduce that he does 0 in 16 min. So it cannot increase exponentially if 0=0. :biggrin:
 
  • #8
okay bottom line, let's stop fooling around. :rolleyes:
 
  • #9
puregoodboi said:
A Person,resting in a boat, notices that 16 waves pass the boat every 38 seconds ... HOw many waves would pass the boat in 55 seconds?

16 waves x waves
----------- = ---------------
38 seconds 55 seconds


solve this

you should get
23.16 waves
 
  • #10
tom thxs for that, but problem was all ready solved. Look above, but thxs for the try. :smile:
 

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