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Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
Friday Update – 11/09/07

UPCOMING EVENTS:

ATTENTION CREATIVE ENGINEERS: DISCOVERY CHANNEL WANTS YOU FOR SUPER RUBES TV SHOW
Super Rubes is a one-hour show that follows a band of talented creators as they design, build, and set off a massive Chain Reaction Machine in front of a cheering crowd. The point of a Chain Reaction Machine is to do something very simple, like turn on a light bulb, using as many steps as possible. This is an opportunity for engineers to let their creative hair down and have some fun building a giant Chain Reaction Machine. Their team will take on impossible challenges (i.e. “Can you crack an egg with a human hair?”) in a race against the clock.

They are looking for individuals to comprise a team - a team of fun and outgoing people who can work together to design, build, and implement crazy, visually stunning, creative Chain Reaction Machines.

Interested? Email a recent photo and a brief bio. Please act quickly as they cast on a short schedule.

Contact Kasha Foster at superrubes3@gmail.com

FREE WEB SEMINARS
• Becoming a PE shares information on how to advance your career with this important designation and why you shouldn’t wait any longer!
• Changing the PE Paradigm includes discussion of the initiative to require engineering education beyond the bachelor’s degree as a prerequisite for licensure.

ISPE SINCERELY APPRECIATES THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR CURRENT SUSTAINING ORGANIZATIONS:

AHJ Engineers, PC
B & A Engineers, Inc

Briggs Engineering Inc
Delta Engineering Group
Elkhorn Engineers
G & S Structural Engineers
J.M. Miller Engineering, Inc
J-U-B Engineers, Inc
Kittelson & Associates Inc
Land Solutions, Land Surveying & Consulting
Mason & Stanfield, Inc
Materials Testing & Inspection
MWH
Progressive Engineering Group, Inc
Quadrant Consulting, Inc
Rational Technology of Idaho, LLC
Riedesel Engineering, Inc
Schiess & Associates
Stapley Engineering
Terracon
TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering, Inc
Walker Engineering

Please consider joining these great companies in becoming an ISPE Sustaining Organization. ISPE offers the Sustaining Organization category of membership to enhance the visibility of your commitment to ISPE and the engineering profession. Your membership will allow us to better serve the engineering community through promoting engineering and ethics, and supporting the needs of the engineer including professional development.

If you are interested in becoming a Sustaining Organization, please contact the ISPE office at ispe@idahospe.org.

MATHCOUNTS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS problem? The answer will appear in next week's edition of the Friday Update!

Hot Air Balloons
Fall is a beautiful time of year to take a hot air balloon ride! Hot air balloons fly by heating the air inside the “envelope” (an inner bag that is able to hold air) until it provides enough upward force to lift the basket and its occupants off the ground.

Billy’s new hot air balloon is 100 feet in diameter and looks like a basketball (it is a sphere). What volume of air, in cubic feet, will Billy’s hot air balloon hold when it is completely filled? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth.
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Charles takes a hot air balloon trip over part of the Alleghany Mountains with his dad. In the morning they travel at an average speed of 40 miles per hour for a distance of 120 miles before they land to take a 45 minute lunch/stretching break. After lunch they fly 175 miles at an average speed of 35 miles per hour. How long, in hours, was the entire trip, including the lunch/stretching break? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.
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Rhonda has discovered that ten super-sized helium balloons provide just enough lift to carry her three-pound toy. At that same rate, how many super-sized balloons would be required to carry Rhonda, if she weighs 81 pounds?

Answer to last week’s MATHCOUNTS problem:
600 students per hour ÷ 5 lines = 120 students per line per hour

120 students ÷ 60 minutes = 2 students per minute.
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1 pudding cup = 1 bag of chips

½ of a bag of chips = 1 apple, so 1 bag of chips = 2 apples

If 1 pudding cup equals 2 apples, it also equals 20 carrot sticks.

Juliana does not have two apples, nor does she have 20 carrot sticks, so she’ll have to give him a combination of apple(s) and carrot sticks.

If 2 apples equal 1 pudding cup, then1 apple equals ½ of the pudding cup.
If 20 carrot sticks equal 1 pudding cup, then 10 carrot sticks equal the other ½ of the pudding cup.

Juliana must give Michael her 1 apple and 10 of her carrot sticks.
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There are 5 options for Jennifer’s main dish.
There are 15 combinations of 2 different side items for Jennifer’s lunch.
(the first item can make 5 unique pairs, the second item can make 4 unique pairs, etc… so, 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 15)

There are 4 drink options for Jennifer’s lunch.

Now multiply.

5 × 15 × 4 = 300 combinations.

If you want to see last week's problem again, click http://www.mathcounts.org/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=1101&z=110



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Boise, ID 83717-0239
208-426-0636
Fax: 208-426-0639
E-Mail: ispe@idahospe.org
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