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deep-techno
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 Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:58 am Post subject: Guess the formula |
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Guess the formula. If you get it right, the person who got it right then gets a formula. You don't need to solve it or simplify/factorise it, just guess what it is meant to mean.
Clue: something to do with queues. |
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superfantastic
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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| The time it takes for you to get to the front relative to how hurried you are? |
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deep-techno
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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Nope.
Actually this is a complex one and nobody can guess it so I'll just tell you:
Once a queue has built up, if there are c checkouts, and people being served p times faster than they arrive, the above equation is the length L.
Okay here's a simpler one.
V = 4(πr³)/3 |
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Namiko
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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I know that's the formula for the volume of a sphere, and r is the radius of the sphere. Is that what you're looking for?
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deep-techno
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes! Now you supply a formula. |
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