Posted by Dan Shockley on Thursday, January 09, 2003 at 2:01PM :
In Reply to: Engineering Questions posted by Dave on Thursday, January 09, 2003 at 1:30PM :
1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a 10-pound possum. 1.263"
2. Which of the following cars will rust out the quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard? 66 Ford Fairlane, 69 Chevrolet Chevelle, 64 Pontiac GTO. Were they rusted out when they were put on blocks?
3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at a capacity of 20 gallons of shine per hour, how many car radiators are necessary to condense the product? 8
4. A woodcutter has a chain saw that operates at 2700 rpm. The density of the pine trees in a plot to be harvested is 470 per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average tree diameter is 14 inches. How many Budweisers will it take to cut the trees? What kind of saw is that? Does it have a hand crank? My saw revs to 14,000 rpm!
5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented a charge of R-12 simultaneously, what would be the decrease in the ozone layer? Old refrigerators don't use R-12 so the answer would be no decrease.
6. A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine on 24-inch centers with a field rock foundation. The span is 8 feet and the porch length is 16 feet. The porch floor is 1-inch rough sawn pine. When the porch collapses, how many hound dogs will be killed? 38 and 6 pups.
7. A man owns a Tennessee house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an average slope of 15%. The man has 5 children. Can each of the children place a mobile home on the man's land? Yes, in fact they can add three homes per person and have plenty of room left over to attach them all with covered walkways made out of school bus bodies.
8. A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards down a steep grade on a secondary road at 45 mph. The brakes fail. Given the average traffic on secondary roads, what are the chances that it will strike a vehicle that has a muffler? 1.2 % car with muffler, 2.4% truck with muffler 30% truck with out muffler, 66.4% that the driver will vere off the road and takeout an outhouse.
9. A coalmine operates a NFPA Class 1, Division 2 Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120 miners per shift. A gas warning is issued at the beginning of 3rd shift. How many cartons of unfiltered Camels will be smoked during the shift? 120 +/- 60
10. At a reduction in gene pool variability rate of 7.5% per generation, how long will it take a town that has been bypassed by the interstate to breed a country-western singer? 3.128 yrs