Sunday, March 9, 2008

FA#7-Jelly Beans

How many jelly beans fit in a 1 liter bottle?

Sunday, January 20, 2008

FA#6-Television, part III

First of all, we must find out how much coal is needed for the amount of electricity used (3.78E32 kWh). The conversion rate is 6,150 kWh/ton. To find the total tons of coal required, we divide 3.78E32 kWh/6,150 kWh/ton. We get 6.14634146e28 tons of coal. Next, we find the conversion rate of tons of coal to kilos of CO2 (1 kg coal = 1.83 kg CO2). First we convert tons to kilos (5.57586718E31 kg), then multiply that by 1.83 (1.02038369E32). FA#6 = 32.