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September 25, 2003

A Little Equation

Here's a little algebra problem for you:

Rita drives approximately 26 miles to her evening class at the community college. If her travel time is 63 minutes, what was her average speed?

Answer: Rush hour road construction traffic on I-540 really sucks.

*sigh*

At least it wasn't completely boring. Some yahoo who was stuck in the southbound lane traffic was blowing a whistle & waving at everyone who looked up. And then there was the complete moron in a big white Suburban who was zipping along in the right hand lane, completely ignoring the "Merge Now" and "Do Not Pass" signs in his rush to get to the front of the line & cut in. He was also trying to ignore the nice policeman who was right on his bumper with his blue lights on, trying to pull the moron over. When he finally stopped, the state trooper got out & did "The Walk"....you know the one, where he gets out, hitches up his pants, whips out his ticket book & pen and does this stiff-legged strut up to the offending vehicle...the walk that says he's one pissed-off cop. I watched this all unfold, and thought "Man, it's gonna suck to be that moron."

I not only laughed as I drove by, I also pointed.

Posted by Rita at September 25, 2003 09:04 AM

Comments

Oooh, I know this one.

d=rt.

We know d and t, so we have:

26=63r

Now, to solve for r, we divide both sides by 63:

26/63 = 63r/63, and get:

26/63 = r, which comes out to:

.4126, which is miles per minute, but we want miles per hour, so we have to multiply the result by 60, so we get:

24.76 miles per hour for an average rate.

Maybe I do remember 8th grade algebra after all!

Posted by: mtpolitics at September 25, 2003 09:39 AM

Depressed yet? Here when stopped at a "T" intersection, more than double the vehicles that are in line to turn, pass on the berm.....They only ticket for excessive speed and then only double the limit..... Who said Anarchy was all fun and games?

Posted by: Bill at September 25, 2003 10:21 AM

I thought about you Craig when I was writing this. Heh.

Here, Bill, the fines are doubled in a construction zone, and I think the minimum fine is $250 plus court costs. Traffic court costs are $75 last I heard. Nice little addition to the city budget.

Posted by: Rita at September 25, 2003 02:35 PM

Schadenfreude!

It's what's for dinner!

D

Posted by: David Strain at September 25, 2003 06:12 PM