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[Nml] Have to learn to read.

Subject: [Nml] Have to learn to read.
From: Millard Kirk (mkirk@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun Feb 07 1999 - 21:12:03 EST

Thanks to -Mike Wescott mike.wescott@XXX.XXX I have found an
error in my calculation on problem (3) I calculated the weight for the
whole trip, thus 1530 lbs. I should have subtracted 6 days which is the
difference from Port Jackson (Sydney) to Wellington. I just looked at the
question in (3) and made the assumption the provision were from Sydney to
Boston.

The new calculations.

[(8 * 1.75)* 64] *1.5 + [ (8*.75)*10] =1404 lbs.

Now I differ from Mike's calculation by 52.5 lbs. Although I made an
interpretation in the problem... I made an assumption that the 3/4 lb per
day was per person which is an extra 60 lbs. I though 3/4 lbs per 8 people
per day was a bit wee. So I could still be wrong. But in any case thanks
to Mike's answer I have now figured out where the provisions were put
aboard. :-)
Still...............

Learning the Hard Way!!

Millard Kirk KB8YQO | mailto:mkirk@XXX.XXX
116 Lewis Ave | Homepage- http://webpages.marshall.edu/~mkirk/
Barboursville, WV | A West Virginia Blue Water Sailor
25504 | Phone: (304) 736-6544
First United Methodist Church, Barboursville, WV
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