Friday, May 15, 2009

Atomic Timekeeping Podcast Episode 18

A few things this time around: First, if you're interested in radio controlled clock products from Skyscan, Here's a link to their company web site...
http://skyscan.info/content/index.php
That link will also contain links to contact information and product manuals for both current and discontinued products.

Meanwhile here's a nice place to look up sunrise and sunset times for your favorite U.S. cities.
http://www.sunrisesunset.com/custom_srss_calendar.asp

And here's a math quiz for you. If I say, "This hamburger costs five times more than a sandwich," how do you express that as a mathematical equation?

Let's see... if the sandwich is $1 then let's say that "n=1." Now, "five times more" would be something like this: "n + 5n," right? So then "five times more" is the same as "six times the original number."

n+5n=6n. So if the sandwich is $1 then the hamuger is $6. Not five but SIX!

Now, if I say that a used computer costs three times less than a new computer, how do you express that as a mathematical equation?. I'm not even going to try.

So, download my podcast episode here...
AtomicPodcast18.mp3
(Running Time 30:29)

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