Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
Friday Update – 08/18/06
UPCOMING EVENTS:
• September 19, 2006 –
ISPE Southwest Chapter
Noon Luncheon Meeting
• September 28, 2006 –
ASCE Southern Idaho Section Noon
Meeting
• October 27, 2006 - PE and PS
Examinations - Boise, Idaho
• October 28, 2006 - FS (aka
LSIT) Examination - Boise, Idaho, Pocatello, Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
• October 28, 2006 - FE (aka EIT)
Examination - Boise, Idaho. Pocatello, Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
• February 6 – 10, 2007 –
Idaho Society of Professional Land
Surveyors Conference - Coeur d' Alene Casino - Worley, Idaho
INSTRUCTOR’S NEEDED AT
NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE
Here are two classes for this fall semester at North Idaho College that need
instructors.
They are:
Drafting 247 - Advanced Civil Blueprint Reading - a 2 credit course
required for the Civil Design A.A.S. Degree. This course will focus on advanced
blueprint reading in the area of Civil Design. Students will become familiar
with industry standard symbols facilitating the reading and interpretation of
Civil design plans. Successful completion of DRFT. 130 (Intro to Blueprint
Reading) and/or permission of instructor is required.
Drafting 249 - Land Planning - a 2 credit course required for the Civil
Design A.A.S. Degree. Addressing the artistic issues involved in land
development, this class will discuss and evaluate competing theories in feature
placement. The artistic license of the designer will be explored within the
limitations of state and local ordinances and requirements, such as road type
and location, lot size and shape, and building site orientation and layout.
Historical models will be compared with contemporary models within the context
of relevant social issues.
Other info:
Pay = $1368.00 each class
Semester runs August 28 - December 22
Current Schedule:
DRFT 247-01 Adv. Blueprint Reading Civil Tuesday/Thursday 10:00-10:50am
DRFT 249-01 Land Planning Monday/Wednesday 1:00-2:20pm
Proposed Schedule: (if more convenient)
DRFT 247-01 Adv. Blueprint Reading Civil Tuesday/Thursday 10:00-10:50am
DRFT 249-01 Land Planning Tuesday/Thursday 11:00-12:20
For further information, please contact: Kathy Butcher, Administrative
Assistant, Business, Professional Programs and Trades & Industry – 208-769-3409
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MATHCOUNTS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS problem? The answer will appear in next week's
edition of the Friday Update!
Gasoline Prices Soar
Gasoline prices are continuing to soar throughout the country, though the actual
price differs quite a bit from city to city. The national average price for gas
is $3.038 per gallon, but the lowest reported price is $2.29 per gallon in
Greenville, South Carolina and the highest reported price is $4.05 per gallon in
Kailua Kona, Hawaii. What is the positive difference, in cents, between the
national average gasoline price per gallon and the average of the lowest and
highest prices per gallon given above? Express your answer as a decimal to the
nearest tenth.
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Exactly a year ago, the national average price for gasoline was $2.397 per
gallon. By what percent has this price increased to get to the current national
average? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth.
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Pedro Liam’s vehicle gets 12 mpg city/16 mpg highway. (The abbreviation “mpg”
means “miles per gallon.”) Of the 12,000 miles he will drive this year, 40% of
those miles will be “highway miles” and the rest will be “city miles.” How much
more money will he spend this year if the average price he pays for gas is
$3.038 per gallon rather than $2.397 per gallon?
Answer to last week’s MATHCOUNTS problem:
Using 365 days in a year, we can see that a person is able to give blood 365 ÷
56 = 6.5 times in a year. If a person donates whole blood on January 1, she
could give blood seven times in that one calendar year, since that would require
a minimum of 337 days if a donation were made every 56 days.
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The student donating platelets will donate every four days, starting on day 1
(March 13), and then day 5, day 9, day 13, which we can see is the first day of
every four-day cycle (or a number with a remainder of 1 when divided by 4 or 1
mod 4). The second student will likewise donate on day 1 (March 13), day 57, day
113, which we can see is the first day of every 56 day cycle, or 1 mod 56.
Notice that 4 is a factor of 56, so 57, which is 1 mod 56 is also 1 mod 4.
Starting on March 13 as day 1, they will give for the first time together on the
57th day, which is May 8. (There are the 19 days of the end of March, 30 days of
April and then 8 days in May.)
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Instead of thinking of our body replacing one pint, let's use 16 fluid ounces.
If this generally takes 24 hours, that is 16 ÷ 24 = 0.6666 fluid ounces replaced
per hour. In 10 hours, this would be 6.7 fluid ounces, to the nearest tenth.
If you want to see last week's problem again, click
http://www.mathcounts.org/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=818&z=107
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