Seemed to me that for the fans it would be from a single viewpoint - any viewpoint would do, so long as remains fixed.
I think the complicated pulleys question is just a matter of counting the number of cords supporting the load. I got 96% (I expected the pulleys to be heavy. Been playing with Tirfors too long!) Dave Wedd. On 28/10/2007, Michael Askin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/28/07, Daniel Hutchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I rushed it and got 84%. > > > > Some of the questions are quite poorly constructed as well imo, such > > as the fans ones. > > - Two identical fans face-to-face, one off one on, which way do they > > turn etc. > > > > But the answer is "the same way" or "opersite ways" with no > > explantion of if this means from an over-viewing perspective, where > > they would seam to turn opersite ways. Or from each fans point of > > view, where they both turn the same way, forwards. > > I got 86%, again I was rushing it - struggled with the really > complicated pulley one, the fan one was poorly defined as you say, you > had to assume the pulleys were lossless, and the hot liquid containers > perfect insulators, and I managed to miss-read a couple of questions > while I watched TV. > > All in all, a rather poor quiz, a bit like the old "find x", "here it is": > http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/426622486_43d439d009.jpg > > If the question isn't clear... > > Mike > > nb. findthemathimaticalvalueofx > > -- > Michael Askin > http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
