Tuesday, August 12
Story Problem(s)
If it takes me one half-hour to write one page of my thesis that I consider satisfactory and one half-hour to edit each thesis page, how many days will it take me to complete a 200-page thesis?
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So, if I remain at a constant rate in thesis writing, a 200-page thesis (a collection of 10 short stories at 20 pages per story) will take me 100 hours.
Subtract about 30 hours for the pages I've already written, then add in 100 for the editing process for a grand total of 170 hours to write and edit my thesis.
Since a day is comprised of 24 hours, search multiples of 24 to find the number closest to 170. 24 multiplied by 7 is 168. It will take me 7 days and 2 hours to complete my entire thesis... if I write 24/7.
ANSWER: Break out the No-Doz and let's get cracking!
Show your work below:
So, if I remain at a constant rate in thesis writing, a 200-page thesis (a collection of 10 short stories at 20 pages per story) will take me 100 hours.
Subtract about 30 hours for the pages I've already written, then add in 100 for the editing process for a grand total of 170 hours to write and edit my thesis.
Since a day is comprised of 24 hours, search multiples of 24 to find the number closest to 170. 24 multiplied by 7 is 168. It will take me 7 days and 2 hours to complete my entire thesis... if I write 24/7.
ANSWER: Break out the No-Doz and let's get cracking!
Labels: conundrums, grad school, hypothetically, words
Comments:
that's rad. i like meaningless calculations like that.. where you start off with an assumption that can't be backed up and if were untrue at all it would completely change the outcome.
bloop. i miss school. ... sometimes.
bloop. i miss school. ... sometimes.
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