Unicycle math problem appears in school textbook

This is an actual page from Brad's sixth grade math book. We were
extremely surprised when he turned the page while doing his homework.

Bruce


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Nice

Man, I wouldn't mind doing that homework for an assignment. That would
be recess!


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nice. They should have a more repersentative image, though, like "John
needs to hop 15 1/2" to clear an obstical. how much does john need to
improve his hop height if he currently can hop only 10 inches? If he can
improve his hop height at a rate of one half-inch per week, how long
will it take him to be able to clear the obstacle?


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Bruce-

The guys seat is too low. He's going to kill his knees. It's up to you
to warn him.


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harper wrote:
*Bruce-

The guys seat is too low. He's going to kill his knees. It's up to you
to warn him. *


You know what they say about great minds...

The low seat is the first thing Mary mentioned as well.


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They need to update that old text to the Coker era:


9. Unicycles. Members of a unicycle club are taking a two hour trip. The
trip is a total of 16 ¼ miles. If they travel 6 ½ miles before having to
take a break because they’re getting numb, how fast will they have
travel on the second leg to complete the ride on time?








(This is actually a trick question as Cokiers never finish a ride “on
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Here's a version of the photo that's easier to read. I just ran it
through a sharpen filter and lowered the saturation.


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harper wrote:
*Bruce-

The guys seat is too low. He's going to kill his knees. It's up to you
to warn him. *


Whoop, sounds like my knees are going to die of the shear forces I'm
tapping at em' with my low seat height on the trials uni.

That right?


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john_childs wrote:
*Here's a version of the photo that's easier to read. I just ran it
through a sharpen filter and lowered the saturation. *


Wow! Thanks, John. For some reason, our scanner doesn't work with our
new computer so I had to take a digital picture of the book. Your
remixed photo looks great. How did you do it? What software did you
use? I might be interested in such awesome, raw power.

Thanks,
Bruce


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those adjustments are standard in the 'Microsoft Office Picture
Manager'
i have no doubt that John used some far more select than that, but those
functions are generally available in most Image Viewing packages
knowing what to do with them is a completely different story



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