Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
Friday Update - 04/08/05
The next edition of the Friday Update will be April 22, 2005. See you at
the 2005 ISPE Annual Meeting in Pocatello - April 14, 15, and 16, 2005!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
● April 14 - 16, 2005 -
ISPE Annual Meeting, Pocatello, Idaho
● April 19, 2005 -
ISPE Southwest Chapter April Meeting -
Speaker: Dennis Cannon, Caldwell Redevelopment Coordinator, Topic: Indian Creek
Restoration Project and Downtown Caldwell Redevelopment, Location: Washington
Group International Executive Dining Room, Time: 12:00 noon
● July 7 - 9, 2005 - NSPE
2005 Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois
Accrediting Group Seeks Input From Practicing Engineers
The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology has started a project to
revamp its process for selecting and training program evaluators and encouraging
more participation from practicing engineers.
High Tech Hot Shots: Careers in Sports Engineering
MATHCOUNTS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS problem? The answer will appear in next week's
edition of the Friday Update!
Daylight Savings Time Math
With spring comes daylight savings time. This past Sunday most of the country
turned its clocks forward exactly one hour. Let’s assume that both Rachel and
Madison have clocks that are both showing the same time on March 31, 2005, but
at 10:00 a.m. on the first of every month, Madison will turn her clock forward
one hour. Rachel will never adjust the time of her clock. On what date after
March 31, 2005 will the time on Rachel’s clock and Madison’s clock be the same
for the first time? For this problem 3:00 a.m. is a different time than 3:00
p.m.
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On Austin’s 12-hour clock, the tip of the hour hand reaches three inches out
from the center of the clock and the tip of the minute hand reaches five inches
out from the center of the clock. In order to set the clock ahead, Austin must
manually move the hands of the clock through the hour of motion. What is the
total distance, in inches, that the tip of the hour hand and the tip of the
minute hand travel when Austin sets the clock ahead one hour? Express your
answer to the nearest whole number.
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A factory has 500 machines that can each make a glork in 12 minutes. In order to
allow the machines to have enough down-time, the factory alternates between two
groups of 250 machines to work at any given time. The first group works for a
24-hour period, and then the second group works for the next 24-hour period, and
so on. However, on April 3, there were only 23 hours in the day due to the loss
of the hour. How many machines would the factory needed to have had working
during that 23-hour period in order to manufacture the same number of glorks in
a day as it usually produces? Express your answer to the nearest whole number.
Answer to last week's JETS Challenge problem:
8 complete circles of the earth (no rounding allowed)
If you want to see last week's problem again, click
http://www.jets.org/latestnews/Challenge%2017%20%97%20The%20%20Challenge%20of%20the%20Jelly%20Bean.pdf
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