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plugged 38 into the equation and it works as the correct answer, if I only knew how to slove for it

There are 3600 sec in any given hour. there for if take any speed given in miles per hour and divide that number ino 3600, the result is the number of seconds to travel one mile. EX. if you are traveling at 60mph then most people know that is should take one min, or 60 sec, to get from one mile marker to the next, this has been a standard of checking your speedometer that truckers have used for years. so 3600/60=60. So if you divide 3600 by S the result would be T, or if you divide 3600 by S + 5 the result would be T - 11. By substituting T in terms of S you get and equations that can be solved for S. However my equation solving skills are very rusty. I am sure yours are fresh and keen so see what you can do with this and please let me know how it worked

your rewording of the problem changed everything, working on it, give me a few

Damn ladyskydiver, you have reminded me of two things. 1) how much I like such problems, and 2) how rusty I have become at them. I am a residential contractor and rambel on and on about the math behind a the length of a rafter or the slope of a hip or valley, but I just dont use enough physics to stay in tuned. I did however get the answer. S=0.08931 and T=11.19649014. I was doing ok until I reached a binomial equation which I had no idea of how to solve. I set up a spread sheet to derive the answer from there. I have inclosed both a copy of my blackboard work and the spread sheet. hope this helps, but I probably would not say anything to the professor about the spread sheet, proabably not the way he had in mind of solving it.

we've been rejected for FEMA assistance I hope you have flood insurance to cover the damage to your home

Thanks for the post. I guess we will post pone our trip till next weekend. That may be better any way for Sue and Michael may be able to make it then. Once again if any of you Gold Coast divers need anything around the Baton Rouge - Hammond area please let us know. [email protected]

We are thinking about making the trip to Gold Coast this weekend and was wondering 1) if anybody knew the road conditions of I-12 and I-10 from Hammond to Moss Point. 2) Is the DZ for sure going to be open and 3) We know that everyone has been doing all that is possible to help the ones that have been left homeless. Is Gold Coast planning anything of that nature this weekend and is there anything we can do or bring to help?

We would like to extend our prayers to those on Laurel's list, both those unreached and homeless. We would also like to let it be known that if there are any skydivers in the Baton Rouge - Hammond area that need any help, please contact us. The two of us live alone in a very basic but spacious five bed room home and have room to spare. We were also without power and phone until just recently and are just catching up on all the news. Please let us know if we can help in any way. Joe and Red [email protected] Joe:225-933-5164