Page 1 of 1
Pig Trigonometry
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:40 am
by Aidoneus
I'll have to show this to my trig students today!
A pig farmer, a ballooning company, and a mathematician walk into a courtroom:
http://modernfarmer.com/2014/10/balloon ... etry-read/
Re: Pig Trigonometry
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:28 am
by Bill Spight
From the link:
140 sows miscarried as many as 800 piglets.
Hmmm. How many piglets per fetal pig?
Re: Pig Trigonometry
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:10 am
by Aidoneus
Bill Spight wrote:From the link:
140 sows miscarried as many as 800 piglets.
Hmmm. How many piglets per fetal pig?
Bringing you your farm report.
In the U.S., 10 healthy piglets per litter:
http://www.agriculture.com/markets/anal ... 14-ar17710
Re: Pig Trigonometry
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:22 am
by DrStraw
My first thought when I read this was "Where did he find that?"
My second thought was "This just proves they don't need math. They can call in an expert."
BTW, that took place about 10 miles from were Jame Herriott was in practice (and 30 miles from where I was born). I wonder what he would have thought and whether he actually ever went there.
Re: Pig Trigonometry
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:28 am
by Aidoneus
DrStraw wrote:My first thought when I read this was "Where did he find that?"
One of the general news agglomerators that I regularly check: digg.com
I also follow scientific, educational, and political news agglomerator sites...in my spare time.
Re: Pig Trigonometry
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:30 am
by Bill Spight
I would assume that a fetal pig is a fraction of a piglet.
Re: Pig Trigonometry
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:57 am
by gowan
Isn't there a risk of trigonometry if you eat undercooked pork?
Re: Pig Trigonometry
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:01 pm
by Aidoneus
Bill Spight wrote:Hmmm. How many piglets per fetal pig?
Bringing you your farm report.
In the U.S., 10 healthy piglets per litter:
http://www.agriculture.com/markets/anal ... 14-ar17710[/quote]
I would assume that a fetal pig is a fraction of a piglet.
[/quote]
I assumed that you mistyped and meant fetal piglets per pig...but it's all just bits and bytes to me.
Now that I'm out of class, I see that my sale copy of
Train Like a Pro, vol. 1, is on its way!
Of course, when (not if!) I get really, really frustrated, I may come here begging for help.
