Oops - got it wronh - sorry. Bob actually says "at least one of my cars is a
TR3"
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From: auprichard@comcast.net
> Let us say there were only ever 2 models of tr made: the TR2 and the TR3
> Joe and Bob both have two TRs
> Joe says, "my first car was a TR3"
> Bob says, "one of my cars is a TR3"
>
> Which is more likely to have two TR3s ?
>
> Andrew
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Dave1massey@cs.com
>
> > Actually, Andrew had it right, too.
> >
> > You wrote: c +3 = (pi * d) +3
> >
> > He wrote circumference + 3 = pi * d + 3
> >
> > These are equivalent but yours is explicit whereas his is implicit and
> > dependent on the rules of precedence. When evaluating his equation you
>perform
> > the
> > multiplication before the addition which is the same as what you spelled
>out
> > with your parentheses. To avoid confusion your representation is preferred
>but
> > either is correct.
> >
> > And his answer 3/pi is nearly equal to your one foot result. More accurate,
> > in fact, but either is close enough for our purposes.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > In a message dated 11/20/2007 10:50:34 AM Central Standard Time,
> > cfmtr3a@verizon.net writes:
> > > Andrew -
> > > your formula is wrong:
> > > c= circumference
> > >
> > > c= pi * d is correct
> > >
> > > c +3 = (pi * d) +3
> > >
> > > however your answer is correct - the diameter would increase by
> > > approximately 1 ft.
> > > your formula would have increased the diameter by 3ft.
> > >
> > > Carl
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Andrew Uprichard"
> > > To: ; "'Kent Shrack'"
> > > ;
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:18 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [TR] length of string - long
> > >
> > >
> > > >The distance is 3/(2*pi) in both cases.
> > > >
> > > >circumference = pi * d
> > > >
> > > >circumference + 3 = pi * d + 3
> > > > = pi * (d + 3/pi)
> > > >
> > > >The diameter increases by 3/pi regardless of the starting diameter.
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