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[wingman]

hmmm....lots of calc, or lots of essays.

oh that's an easy one. now I'm back to square 2....money :runaway:

 

[SupraDerk]

Well, I take that back. Lab reports. You will write a shit ton of these, but ...at least in my classes, you just had to write a description of the lab (like 1 sentence)...talk about what you used during the lab. And then the bulk of the report is the math behind the lab, tables and diagrams. And then a summary, which is probably the most amount of writting...but it's all "hmmm...what can I BS today?"

What kind of engineering are you thinking about?

 

[whenmunkysfly]

MATH FTW LOL

 

[wingman]

What kind of engineering are you thinking about?

mechanical or maybe even civil...i've pondered automotive but I don't want my job to make my hobby any less fun, might come in handy though next time I need to pull an engine :icon_razz

 

[CFSapper]

why did i read this thread all i have to show for it is a hell of a head acke

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

I read for about a minute then stopped because your maths make no sense.

 

[meggs521]

mechanical

Sounds like an excellent choice to me

I may have missed it, but what kind of engineering ae you studying Derk? And what year?

 

[SupraDerk]

^Haha, I'm guessing by that you're Mechanical?

I'm Computer...and I'm a Super Senior, WOO! Haha, thank god cause I'm really ready to be done with this. How about you, what year?

 

[meggs521]

Ya, I'm mechanical, starting my senior year. And then I'm done but then I also need a real job ...

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

I hear the strip club is always looking for talent.

 

[SupraDerk]

Here's a little math fun:

Three men go to stay at a motel, and the man at the desk charges them $30.00 for a room. They split the cost ten dollars each. Later the manager tells the desk man that he overcharged the men, that the actual cost should have been $25.00. The manager gives the bellboy $5.00 and tells him to give it to the men.

The bellboy, however, decides to cheat the men and pockets $2.00, giving each of the men only one dollar.

Now each man has paid $9.00 to stay in the room and 3 x $9.00 = $27.00. The bellboy has pocketed $2.00. $27.00 + $2.00 = $29.00 - so where is the missing $1.00?


Answer will be given later! And if you've seen this before you're not allowed to answer!

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

This question was weaksauce, I won't ruin it. Of course I'm actually pretty good at math...

I'm tempted to answer but I want to see if anyone gets it.

 

[SupraDerk]

Yeah same here. I had a website a few years ago that had some of the hardest thinking questions from 100 years ago on it. I wish I could find it.

 

[3p141592654]

Okay, I haven't seen it before, but the 3 men overpaid by 2 dollars, so 27-25 = 2, which the bellhop pocketed. The $30 is a red herring. Where's my prize? :biglaugh:

By the way, I took lots of math, got a bunch of degrees, and now the most math I use goes something like this... It take 90 manhours at $55/hour to do task X, overhead is 400%, so I need a budget of $20k to do this... why did I even bother going to school!

Enjoy the engineering while you can, pretty soon you become a manager...

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

So you could get a piece of paper that says you're special.

 

[SupraDerk]

^lol, pretty much.

I'll see if I can find some more clever problems.

 

[whenmunkysfly]

^lol, pretty much.

I'll see if I can find some more clever problems.

yes plase do im very good at math and love solving problems like this