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The Joys of Astronomy Math XD
Will reply to comments soon... *snugs flist* =D So part of my resolution was to blog more... So here goes... If you keep up with my twitterings, I mentioned how funny my astronomy teacher is. He's a sarcastic one and definitely will make class more interesting (on top of the interesting subject of course. =D). Well like every astronomy class I've been in, the first assignment is always a math assessment even though the course description said there was no math needed...Lie as there's always minimal math going on in astronomy, I just hope it's not as hardcore as my past couple of courses. XD

At least he tries to make it interesting:

In book IV of The Lord of the Rings, Frodo and Sam rappel down a cliff, using a rope 30 ells long. How high was the cliff, if the rope enarly reached the bottom? [1 ell = 45in; 1m = 39.37]

My first thought was whether or not there was a book IV for the series and that this was a trick question...XD Granted I never read the series and only the movies maybe I'm wrong? At any rate, I wrote 87.1 m as my answer (and I sure hope that's correct lol).

Then of course I had a sarcastic response to this one:

You buy a 750 ml bottle of rum. How many rum-and-Cokes can you make, using an ounce and a half of rum in each drink? [1 US fluid ounce = 29.57 ml]

Seriously, I wrote But why is all the rum gone? and then 16 good drinks and 1 so-so drink then the actual numerical answer. XD

Overall, I hope I do well on this math assesment... I used to be fantastic at it in highschool but I've other things crammed into my brain since then so it's all blurred together, heh.

But now that's done, time for a break and watch more The Mentalist episodes and then start up reading for my Labors History class. Quiet weekend, and for once a bit productive. XD How was yours, flist? =D