Solve this please!!!!

[evilmonkeyMSP]

Its a stupid trivia thing for work and I've been doing so much calculus lately that my brain is fried and I'm obviously too retarded to think of it.

A bird has a head 9 cm long. The tail is equal to the size of the head plus a half of the size of the body. The body is the size of the head plus the tail. How long is the bird?

 

[ScratchNSniff]

38 centimeters...


That is my guess...

 

[fishdonotbounce]

54 cm.

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

thanks...how'd you get that? I think I'm overcomplicating it lol

 

[NRRfrogmanP5]

screw the bird..its friday...get a drink and relax

 

[aMaff]

Man, if I had a piece of paper and pencil in front of me I'd give it a shot.

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

i dont like having sex with animals...I'll take the drink, you can do whatever you want with the bird (boom07)

screw the bird..its friday...get a drink and relax

 

[NRRfrogmanP5]

haha which answer was correct. id like to know so i can act smart later at a party

 

[shadowncs]

lol... one of us is right and others wrong!
72 cm and here is the solution ) don't need to be an engineer tho
h=9
t=h+b/2
b=h+t

t=9+(9+t)/2
2t=18+9+t
t=27
b=36
9+27+36 = 72

 

[ScratchNSniff]

Yea...lol...mine is wrong...just did it again...haha...

 

[aMaff]

Two trains enter a tunnel going four miles per hour. At what time do they reach Poughkeepsie?

 

[fishdonotbounce]

Head = 9 cm
Tail = .5*(9cm) + .5*(body in cm)
Body = 9 cm + 4.5 + .5(body in cm)

So minus the .5(body) to the other side, you get

.5(body) = 13.5cm
Body = 27

Go back to the tail
Tail = 18 cm

27 + 18 + 9 = 54cm

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

lol you doosh...I already submitted with your answer....failed! hahahaha

Yea...lol...mine is wrong...just did it again...haha...

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

bah, this is right...I was working my way towards that but couldnt get it....damnit lol

lol... one of us is right and others wrong!
72 cm and here is the solution ) don't need to be an engineer tho
h=9
t=h+b/2
b=h+t

t=9+(9+t)/2
2t=18+9+t
t=27
b=36
9+27+36 = 72

 

[shadowncs]

uh... could you put that in kms? lol

 

[fishdonotbounce]

lol... one of us is right and others wrong!
72 cm and here is the solution ) don't need to be an engineer tho
h=9
t=h+b/2
b=h+t

t=9+(9+t)/2
2t=18+9+t
t=27
b=36
9+27+36 = 72

How'd you go from t=9+(9+t)/2 to 2t=18+9+t?? makes no sense.

EDIT: wow nevermind. I've been doing too much homework lately and my brain is fried.

 

[Rockin03mp5]

douche is spelled this way <----

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

I'm aware of that...I spell it doosh on purpose...

douche is spelled this way <----

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

same here....I was on that track but couldnt wrap my head around it lol

How'd you go from t=9+(9+t)/2 to 2t=18+9+t?? makes no sense.

EDIT: wow nevermind. I've been doing too much homework lately and my brain is fried.

 

[shadowncs]

Head = 9 cm
Tail = .5*(9cm) + .5*(body in cm)
Body = 9 cm + 4.5 + .5(body in cm)

So minus the .5(body) to the other side, you get

.5(body) = 13.5cm
Body = 27

Go back to the tail
Tail = 18 cm

27 + 18 + 9 = 54cm

But ze tail is ze head plus half ze body
and zen ze body is ze thing between ze tail and head <-- edit: I failed on this one lol