Monday, April 04, 2005

clocks , birds and spiders

there is a closed box with pigeons sitting inside. what happens to the weight of the box if the pigeons start flying?

if we begin at 12 noon and end at 12 midnight how many times would the two needles meet each other?

there is a cubical room. A spider is there at one corner who can only walk on the walls. He has to go to the farthest end (along diagonal).find the shortest path

18 Comments:

Blogger Azgez said...

For the first question, I am afraid will have to specify the means by which you are measuring weight. If you are taking weight by measuring the mass and then multiplying it by the accelaration due to gravity at the point of measurement, then the stance of the birds is irrelevent. However, if you are measuring weight by using a conventional gravity-oriented measuring device, the weight will reduce.

Q2) Just count, I won't bother.

Q3) The length of the shortest path is the square root of five, times the side of the room, drawing an uninterrupted line from the first vertex, across two adjecent walls to the opposite vertex. The sqare root of five is 2.2360679774997896964091736687313, duly approximated.

8:08 PM  
Blogger abhishek said...

q2 it' not just counting give the exact answer

q3 the answer isn't corrrect try again.i can't understand how u got the answer .please explain

q1 why would it be so?

8:50 PM  
Blogger Azgez said...

I won't bother to explain q1, it has a lot to do with gravity.

Q3 is correct, unless your value is numerically smaller than mine, as this value most certainly exists.

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Blogger abhishek said...

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2:57 PM  
Blogger abhishek said...

as far as i know the correct answer to q3 is side(1+square root of 2)
side(1+1.414)
side(2.414)

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Blogger Swati Gupta said...

2.23 is smaller than 2.414...

10:55 PM  
Blogger abhishek said...

but what path gives 2.23

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Blogger mridu said...

well argez i truly dont understand how there can possibly be two methods for measuring 'weight'.
according to what we read it in physics ...it is equivalent to the normal reaction of the earth to a body in contact .
here obviously the normal reaction will decrease on the flight of the birds .consequently the weight shall decreaese.
btw yor blog is very interesting .

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Blogger mridu said...

oh shit ..i thought that it did not get published...my computer was showing an error

1:43 PM  
Blogger abhishek said...

but why would the the normal acceleration be different

2:31 PM  
Blogger Swati Gupta said...

you'll get the details of normal reaction in 11th...

8:58 PM  
Blogger abhishek said...

what about the other two ques any more answers?

6:32 PM  

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