Math question

[Straight-8]

.I use metric quite often and found it much easier to use once I gathered a sense of the spatial aspects. I remember the first all metric project I worked on had column spacing of 9000 mm and I thought the building was some sort of monstrosity, until I realized that was only around 30ft.

Metric is easier to work with because it uses multiples of 10. You mention feet and inches. Before metrification some/most/all (?) survey work in Canada was done in feet and tenths of feet. Way to confuse the troops!

I don't know how much publicity it got in the US but when Canada converted to metric we had a major screw up that ought to have ended tragically but squeeked by through the 'dumb luck' exemption. A large jet (747 if memory serves me) was flying from Montreal to Vancouver. It fueled in Montreal (where you'd think they had some familiarity with metric). They put 'X' litres instead of 'X' gallons. A litre is about the volume of a quart. While merrily flying along about 10,000 metres (~30,000 feet) over Manitoba they ran out of gas (doesn't it just spoil your day when that happens!). Don't ask me about the hydraulics and why they contiunued working, but they did. The pilots managed to glide the 747 from 10,000 metres onto a runway in a small town on the shore of Lake Manitoba: Gimli. That plane has always been known as the Gimli Glider since that day.

 

[EJFan]

on a trip to europe, one of my family members made the mistake of putting diesel in their car... apparently, whatever country they were in called what we consider to be diesel gasoline (or vice versa). whatever the case was, they got the wrong type of fuel and nearly blew up the vehicle.

 

[ginost7]

differential equations

lets solve non-linear diferential equations

 

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[Straight-8]

lets solve non-linear diferential equations

Who, us, nerds??

 

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[EJFan]

I prefer geometry and trig.

i prefer pussy and beer... but that's just me.

 

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[Eilan]

lets solve non-linear diferential equations

I've blocked out that part of my math education, thanks. Way too traumatic.

on a trip to europe, one of my family members made the mistake of putting diesel in their car... apparently, whatever country they were in called what we consider to be diesel gasoline (or vice versa). whatever the case was, they got the wrong type of fuel and nearly blew up the vehicle.

Back in my hubby's cop days, he got behind a Mercedes that was smoking up a storm. He pulled the guy over to see if everything was okay, and it turns out that the guy had put the wrong fuel in his car. His old Mercedes had been a diesel (or vice versa?) and I guess he forgot which car he was driving.

 

[EJFan]

which do you get more of?

about the same amount as a priest in AA

 

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[CopyCarver]

I'm trying to figure out if I should just buy bags of mulch or have some delivered, and I still can't tell which is the better deal. The stuff in the bags is $1.99 for enough to cover 10 feet by 1 foot to a depth of 2 inches, whereas the stuff from the landscape company is $15/square yard.

*sobs*

I'm an English major, damnit, not a math person!

As Scalywag says, the landscape company is cheaper than the bags on a per unit basis, but the bags may be cheaper if you've covering a small plot that doesn't need large amounts of mulch. All depends upon how big the garden is.

 

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[CopyCarver]

then that should mean per cubic yard, and then my calcs above would be OK.

so now you need to figure out how much area you want to cover and how much deliver costs.

BTW, $15 to $19 is a pretty good cost....here it's about $28/yard for the cheapest stuff

Yup. Just multiply the number of square feet in all the flower beds combined by 1/6 to reflect the 2-inch depth; then divide the subtotal by 27 to convert from cubic feet to cubic yards.

(The same method will also calculate dryer lint if the socks are shedding heavily in preparation for warm weather. Congrats on the blowout victory!
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[Eilan]

6 cubic feet is how many cubic yards again?

I hate math. I hate it I hate it I hate it it's bad!

Six cubic feet is roughly two-tenths of a cubic yard.

I've found this site to be handy when it comes to calculations/conversions.

 

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[Straight-8]

DON'T get six cubic yards unless your flower garden is about the size of a football field! By my calculations six cubic yards would cover 324 square yards (2916 Sq Ft) to a depth of 2 inches. If you have a really big garden, get a cubic yard. If you need more, top up with a bag or two. If you have a small to medium garden, go with the bags. They'll be easier to transport, you can adjust volume easily and the extra few $$ isn't enough to have to learn math over .