Re: Graphing by Hand

["Lanzafame, Frank" <flanzafame@monroecc.edu>]

Dr. Donald E. Simanek wrote in part:

> 2. What is a snail's pace? Find the speed of a fast land snail eagerly
> heading toward a juicy leaf. Express that in miles/hour, cm/sec,
> and furlongs per fortnight.

I use the furlongs/fortnight as well.  As a sequel, I use a problem I found in 
a text some time back:

The escargot travels on a layer of mucus.  If the escargot requires about 2 
drops per meter travelled, calculate the mucus efficiency in miles per gallon.

2 drops per m seem a bit small for some of the slugs that travel my back yard, 
but the result is something like my 78 suburban--12 miles per gallon!

Ciao,


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