+749 It makes no sense how on the covers of a lot of textbooks there's things like ferris wheels, peacocks, oranges, etc. that have absolutely nothing to do with the subject, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, if the ferris wheel has a 30 foot diameter, and there is 1/4 a peacock for every square foot, and 2 oranges for every peacock then how many peacocks and oranges are there? Show your work. Who am I kidding, math is stupid.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Area of Ferris Wheel face = (pi)(30 ft)^2 ~ 2827 ft^2.(~2827 ft^2)(.25 peacocks/ft^) ~ 706.86 peacocks.(706 peacocks)(2 oranges/peacock) = 1412 oranges. 706 peacocks and 1412 oranges. Next, how much will they cost?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Last time I checked, the area of a circle was (pi)(r)^2, not (pi)d^2.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(pi)(diameter)^2* d

by Anonymous 13 years ago

OHHHH. The DIAMETER is 30 ft! Shoot, good catch. Oh well. 176 peacocks and 352 oranges.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

According to http://www.exoticmeatmarket.com/peacockmeat.html, one peacock is $250. 176*250=$44,000. Oranges are around $0.5 (http://www.chacha.com/question/how-much-does-an-orange-cost), and 352*0.5=$176. 176+44,000=44,176, so the total cost would be $44,176 or €29,888.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(pi)*15^2=(pi)*225=~706 ft squared 1/4*706.5=176.5 peacocks 176.5*2= 353 oranges.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hahahha I love you anon

by Anonymous 13 years ago

shoulda pressed the love button then, or at least a thumb up

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There's probably a metaphor behind it...I'm a nerd, I know.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I remember that was on my Everyday Math Notebook. In FOURTH GRADE. How old are you? Or, more accurately, how dumb are you?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's because math can be used it REAL LIFE situations, and ferris wheels, peacocks, and oranges make up real life! Apparently. I don't know. It's not often that I come across a ferris wheel, a peacock, and an orange on the same day...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know! I mean, a ferris wheel, yeah, that's pretty common. But oranges? How do they come up with these random things that no one ever sees in real life?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

HA! I remember the oranges! but now my math book has math on the front :/

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My accounting book has people skydiving on the cover. Because when you say accounting, the first thing that pops into my head is extreme sports!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

one of my science books a few years ago had that! It also had a sea turtle swimming in mid air, and a rocket ship blasting off :D

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://postimage.org/image/1k4w1638k/ This is what I have to look at every time I bring out my geometry book.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Dude, what the heck? That makes NO sense. Also, this is my stats book. I have no idea what trees and car headlights have to do with stats: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ijLeK1cbL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I had that book last year! This year i have a gecko

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Apparently people use trig when rock climbing... weird

by Anonymous 13 years ago