Science & Mathematics - 10 July 2006

I am trying to get a brick layer to build a wall for my small bar-b-q pit. It is a right triangle with each of the two sides 1 foot long. The hypotenuse is therfore the square root of two feet. The bricklayer is confused with hytpotneuse wall that is an irrational length. So I told him to shorten one of the sides just enough so all 3 sides are rational numbers that he can measure. I want the one foot wall shortend as little as possible. What is the length of the shortened side?

2006-07-10 16:13:38 · 15 answers · asked by maxton 2 in Mathematics

Do you think that something as devastating as the ocean coming up into a large city can really happen, due tostrange weather patterns, as seen on movie "Day After Tomorrow." Did that movie put a little fear in your heart? please tell me what you think about that movie.

2006-07-10 16:12:50 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Earth Sciences & Geology

Find the Zeros for the polynomial functional and give the multiplicity for each zero. State whether the graph corsses the x-axis or touches the x-axis at each zero!

2006-07-10 16:11:25 · 7 answers · asked by lsubetty 2 in Mathematics

2006-07-10 16:07:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Engineering

The human eye possesses 130 million light-sensitive rods and cones that convert light into chemical impulses. These signals travel at a rate of a billion per second to the brain. Did Darwin believe this was caused by evolution? Or was it intelligent design?

2006-07-10 16:07:57 · 5 answers · asked by ZORRO 3 in Other - Science

Where is the significance of Planck's constant, and where does it come from?

2006-07-10 16:06:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

2006-07-10 16:01:42 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Astronomy & Space

2006-07-10 15:56:47 · 13 answers · asked by Chessman 1 in Physics

Evolution cannot explain the remarkable symbiotic relationships between species..How could two completely different species evolve seperately from discinct ancestors, yet depend on each other to exist? How can plants that need certain animals to survive have existed before those animals appeared in the first place? And, how do animals that need other animals to survive arrive without the other creature already being there?

2006-07-10 15:55:54 · 8 answers · asked by ZORRO 3 in Other - Science

2006-07-10 15:55:36 · 10 answers · asked by hotgirlflowers 1 in Other - Science

2006-07-10 15:55:35 · 4 answers · asked by manlymanleather 3 in Zoology

2006-07-10 15:52:19 · 14 answers · asked by pablo.cortez 1 in Engineering

just wondering if anyone has ever made a home out of a grain silo. i saw some art silos and they looked cool, and easy to build!

2006-07-10 15:47:06 · 5 answers · asked by Jordan P 1 in Engineering

My father is unable to bend to put his socks on due to his age and I was wondering if anybody knows where I can get something where he can put on his socks on by himself. Please help.

2006-07-10 15:46:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Medicine

2006-07-10 15:46:05 · 5 answers · asked by mrgill 1 in Earth Sciences & Geology

Suppose we wanted to buy 100 birds ..(Chickens , goeses , and Ducks)...
when a chicken costs ¢50, goes costs $3 and Duck costs $5.
How many Chickens , goeses and ducks we can buy with $ 100 ????

2006-07-10 15:45:59 · 7 answers · asked by M. Abuhelwa 5 in Mathematics

We have 100 birds ..(Chickens , goeses , and Ducks)...
Suppose that a chicken costs ¢50, goes costs $3 and Duck costs $5 ...How many Chickens , goeses and ducks we can buy with $ 100 ????

2006-07-10 15:44:26 · 5 answers · asked by M. Abuhelwa 5 in Mathematics

Personally, I think it has nothing to do with pollution and holes in the ozone layer. If the earth's average temperature has risen one degree in the past 1,000 years, that's pretty normal if you ask me. I just don't buy into all the hype that we should FEAR FOR OUR LIVES and FREAK OUT! Lol....does anyone else agree?

2006-07-10 15:42:03 · 24 answers · asked by AuroraBorealis 4 in Weather

then can the space shuttle guys use the same deal to horn in on us here on earth? It seems like we don't walk on the surface of
Earth, but it seems like they walk on the surface of the moon?

2006-07-10 15:41:50 · 10 answers · asked by mailmetlc 3 in Astronomy & Space

2006-07-10 15:35:36 · 17 answers · asked by Mini J 1 in Weather

For all those UFO buffs. Those who don't believe, please keep your peace.

Have you ever noticed most if not all of the news reports on UFOs involved only flying saucers? This is contrary to what is in the movies these days, which dwells on stories of intergalactic spacecrafts, space cuisers or spacewar birds, etc.

The logic is that if there are a number of extra terrestrial civilisations out there, then there should be different types of spacecrafts, just like what is propogated in the movies. Yet, it seems we see only flying saucers.......

Do you believe there is something special about flying saucers? Why is it most extra terrestrials used flying saucers and not other types of spacecrafts?

2006-07-10 15:34:53 · 15 answers · asked by Sleuth! 3 in Physics

Say you have lived in the same state the same city your entire life how has the transition from one season to another changed?

2006-07-10 15:33:32 · 8 answers · asked by ssart98 3 in Weather

How long will it take to grow enough earwax to amke a moderate size planet where i can spawn wax people and take over the moon which is a secret death star?

2006-07-10 15:31:44 · 5 answers · asked by xirekaj 3 in Astronomy & Space

2006-07-10 15:31:21 · 5 answers · asked by nick 1 in Mathematics

If they were on the side you are looking at?

2006-07-10 15:31:07 · 7 answers · asked by mailmetlc 3 in Astronomy & Space

2006-07-10 15:28:44 · 10 answers · asked by TurtleRules99 1 in Geography

2006-07-10 15:28:22 · 3 answers · asked by Darrell C 3 in Chemistry

Is the pyramid structure fundamental to understanding quantum standing waves, and even matter itself? I was reading some plausible explanations on this.

What are your thoughts? Hopefully there are some insightful and open minded answers?
Thanx

2006-07-10 15:26:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

I would like to have my ethnicity determined. I have choosen DNA profiling for this.

2006-07-10 15:26:08 · 3 answers · asked by rbacor 1 in Medicine

2006-07-10 15:20:41 · 6 answers · asked by S J 2 in Weather