In U.S. land surveying under the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), a section is an area nominally one square mile (2.6 square kilometers), containing 640 acres (260 hectares), with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid.i.e. over 200 years of infrastructure built on dividing the country up into one mile by one mile grid.
Where t=time in hours, wouldn’t it be 80t=1825 for Mandy, and 55t=1192 for Todd. So, Mandy’s time = 1825/80 = 22.8125 hours. Todd’s time = 1192/55 = 21.67272 hours for Todd. Todd will arrive first, by 1.139 hours. That’s about one hour, eight minutes, thirty seconds sooner. (.139*60) These problems always assume simultaneous departure, instant acceleration, and constant rate of speed, which is not possible in practice, so Nate’s right about that “stopping at a convenience store” bit.
Having taken the train from Chicago to LA (Which goes through St Louis), I can tell you that it in no way travels at 80 mph and St Louis to LA is more like 60 hours. (But the food on board is very good) And if Todd isn’t going to stop for gas he better be wearing some diapers. ;o
Todd gets there first. However, having been on the road for 21 hours and 40 minutes, he parks his car on the busy street by the cafe where they were to meet, gets out, and gets run over by the bus he didn’t see because he was so exhausted.
Sometimes I would answer something like, “I don’t know. I guess we’ll find out when one of them gets there.” Not quite what the teacher was looking for.
Does it really matter who gets there first? As long as they both arrive safely, why quibble about “first” anything. Life too short to be preoccupied with the minutiae of it all.
retrocool almost 5 years ago
typical asinine math story problem
ND Cool Z almost 5 years ago
“Todd and Mandy are dorky names”, said the kid who once called Chad “Todd”.
supanovis (sonicwhite) almost 5 years ago
Probably Nate’s best math work.
AlanM almost 5 years ago
Mandy will arrive first by 1 hour and 8.4 minutes.
Stillstuck01 almost 5 years ago
In U.S. land surveying under the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), a section is an area nominally one square mile (2.6 square kilometers), containing 640 acres (260 hectares), with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid.i.e. over 200 years of infrastructure built on dividing the country up into one mile by one mile grid.
ComicFan4Life almost 5 years ago
I find this kinda similar to Calvin’s work in Calvin and Hobbes.
belgarathmth almost 5 years ago
Where t=time in hours, wouldn’t it be 80t=1825 for Mandy, and 55t=1192 for Todd. So, Mandy’s time = 1825/80 = 22.8125 hours. Todd’s time = 1192/55 = 21.67272 hours for Todd. Todd will arrive first, by 1.139 hours. That’s about one hour, eight minutes, thirty seconds sooner. (.139*60) These problems always assume simultaneous departure, instant acceleration, and constant rate of speed, which is not possible in practice, so Nate’s right about that “stopping at a convenience store” bit.
Brian G Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Having taken the train from Chicago to LA (Which goes through St Louis), I can tell you that it in no way travels at 80 mph and St Louis to LA is more like 60 hours. (But the food on board is very good) And if Todd isn’t going to stop for gas he better be wearing some diapers. ;o
jruckman almost 5 years ago
Todd gets there first. However, having been on the road for 21 hours and 40 minutes, he parks his car on the busy street by the cafe where they were to meet, gets out, and gets run over by the bus he didn’t see because he was so exhausted.
MikeM_inMD almost 5 years ago
While Todd’s trip is faster by 1:08:23, we don’t know who arrived first, because nothing is said about when each of them started traveling.
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
Sometimes I would answer something like, “I don’t know. I guess we’ll find out when one of them gets there.” Not quite what the teacher was looking for.
Jeff0811 almost 5 years ago
Does it really matter who gets there first? As long as they both arrive safely, why quibble about “first” anything. Life too short to be preoccupied with the minutiae of it all.
Oakwood13 almost 5 years ago
Without worrying about traffic. Mandy will take about 23 hours and Todd will take about 21 hours. Just using simple math dividing distance by speed.
ZachOWott almost 5 years ago
Woah, the panels are all different colors, is that new?
DM9001 almost 5 years ago
https://www.gocomics.com/bignate/1997/01/05
Teto85 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
At least Nate understands Common Core.
BiggerNate91 almost 5 years ago
Word problems are not meant to be overanalyzed.
WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Raise your hand if you read every word (mine is not up):
brick10 almost 5 years ago
The directions were: “Show your work,” NOT explain your thinking.
minecraftfan01 almost 5 years ago
The first bit is obsolete because the problem already told the speed (yeah I know r/wooosh but constructive criticism amirite?)
✨ Texas Smash ✨ (Just flag the scammers) (A.S.A) almost 5 years ago
Hey it’s my birthday to anyone that cares… i’m turning 14.
PinkYoshiFan almost 5 years ago
It says constant, not average driving speed. That’s got to be impossible/illegal.
PBS1! almost 5 years ago
Moral: Never overcomplicate the question.
Nierro almost 5 years ago
Louis will get there first because while he is travelling 69% as fast as Mandy, he only has 65% as much distance to cover as Mandy does.
orbenjawell Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Showed his work, all right……as (un)crowned King Of All Snow-jobs"……….ALL HAIL!!
Tkdgator almost 5 years ago
Give him an A for creativity
Arcery almost 5 years ago
LOL, I love seeing these types of comics
Mr. Epic almost 5 years ago
That’s kind of offensive to people who are named Todd or Mandy.
TheJustinator almost 5 years ago
baldi
King Of The Casual Gamers almost 5 years ago
Nate gets an A+ if I was in charge
NateWrightOffical about 4 years ago
im sensitive to names
LeilaEllison almost 4 years ago
we need to give him a round of applause
RBK_sandwich about 3 years ago
I can’t tell if he’s avoiding the question because of his laziness or stupidity because of the last panel
Some Other Guy about 3 years ago
1,825 / 80 = 22.811,192 / 55 = 21.67Todd gets there first by 1.14 hours
Fox and Falco (League of Gocomics Commenters) almost 3 years ago
We will never truly know, because we don’t know exactly when they’re traveling.
RLinGoComics (REBRANDING) #StopP2025 #StoptheWars almost 3 years ago
Todd will reach St. Louis first.
RandomLantern445 about 2 years ago
There was a Calvin and Hobbes strip that was a lot like this.
GF30 about 2 months ago
Nate is pretty smart, he would actually be a stellar lit major with all that analyzing