If a is the radius of the axle, b the radius of each ball-bearing, and c the radius of the hub, why does the number of ball bearings n determine the ratio c/a? Find a formula for c/a in terms of n.
Find the distance of the shortest air route at an altitude of 6000
metres between London and Cape Town given the latitudes and
longitudes. A simple application of scalar products of vectors.
The probability that a passenger books a flight and does not turn
up is 0.05. For an aeroplane with 400 seats how many tickets can be
sold so that only 1% of flights are over-booked?
Debt Race
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Note that after the payments on the 1st June 2009 the debts will
be
100,000 (1+R) - P
where R is the interest rate and P is the payment.
The interest charged in the second year will be (1+R) lots of this
amount