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  1. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    He is busy on google at the moment ;)
     
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  2. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    Dude I dunno that, it's not really proper trivia. I will guess really high pressure. 200 pounds.

    Ok now I will google it and see how I did. But for the record that not a good question it is too specific, you are bad and you should feel bad.
     
  3. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    Trivia questions are not generally trick questions. The answer was the tires re solid rubber.

    Also you should have done it right and asked about air pressure to make a proper trick question. Solid things have pressure as well, like humans are I guess 14 pounds to equalize normal atmospheric pressure so perhaps he tires are as well? I dunno but I feel like in theory one can measure things that are not inflated.
     
  4. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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    Fact: Car 1 is identical to Car 2
    Car 1 hits an immovable wall at 50 mph and has damage = X.
    Car 2 hits an immovable wall at 100 mph and has damage roughly = 2X

    A Question:

    If Car 1 and Car 2 approach each other at 50 mph and meet head-on at 50 mph each, what would the damage to each car, in terms of X, be?
     
  5. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    Agreed.

    Fact: Samuel R. Caldwell was the first person to get arrested for selling marijuana under the marijuana tax act. He sold 3 joints to a mexican immigrant and was busted and sentenced to 4 years hard labor and a 1000 dollar fine. Dude died a year after he got out of prison.
     
  6. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    You should Inquire about your cars in my question/answer thread.

    Also each car is damaged 1X
     
  7. Contained Chaos

    Contained Chaos Don't we all?

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    Fact: "Pounds" is a unit of weight, not a unit of pressure. Pounds per square inch (psi) is the typical unit of measurement for pneumatic pressures.
     
  8. mobius481

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    260 in the front and the mains are 340
     
  9. mobius481

    mobius481 Registered Member

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    I found this...

    http://www.nata.aero/agso/ASTGCache/2530e716-720a-489d-9e07-9681b5a47255.pdf
     
  10. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    most pedantic statement ever. also pneumatic pressure is not a factor here as the tire in question is not filled with air.

    when people say america, do you correct them and say that america is actually both north and south america and that correct name is the united states of america? just curious bout the extent to which you enjoy explaining things that every person you know is aware of.
     

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