physics and science version of a social media riddle

[Scott Danforth]

You walk into a room in a house built to the minimum residential housing code wiht 2x10 joists and 3/4" OSB covered in carpet and see an IKEA twin bed. On the bed there are 2 adult Mastiffs, 4 main coon cats, an adult giraffe, 5 beef cattle (2 males and 3 females) and a north american wood duckduck. There is a wooden chair in the corner with 3 monkeys on it. There are also 3 dead ducks flying above the bed hanging from the ceiling fan. How many legs remain on the floor?

Hints:
the floor is made of 3/4" OSB
each of the bed legs is 3/4" in diameter
each of the chair legs is 5/8" in diameter


yes this is a solvable physics problem






another hint http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/.../Documen.../FAPC-145web.pdf





yes I am bored.

 

[redneck joe]

pi r sqare

 

[Scott Danforth]

yes, that is part of the equation.

 

[alldodge]

Depends on the IKEA bad design, but I'll say 10

 

[aspeck]

4,397 ... or 10 ... whichever you prefer.

 

[southkogs]

My curiosity is raging pretty well. The funny part is the engineer is trying to figure out the answer, but I'm an artist. I'm busy trying to picture it all in my head! :lol:

 

[gm280]

pi r sqare

Pies aren't square...they are round... lol Where do you get your pies from?

 

[Scott Danforth]

give you guys another few hints.

10 isnt the answer. unless you believe that people walk around without feet. there are 4 legs on the chair, and there may have been 4 legs on the bed

OSB has a burst pressure of 3000 PSI

have you added up the weight of the livestock?

 

[aspeck]

Beds and chairs have feet also ... while cows have hooves ...

 

[GA_Boater]

For the physics;

• Female English mastiffs are 120-170 pounds, males are 160-230
• Maine coon cats Female are 7.9 to 12 pounds, males are 13-18
• Giraffes weigh about 1800 pounds
• Beef cattle breeds are numerous, choosing Angus, Cows are 1210 pounds, Bulls are 1820, Steers are about 1200 pounds. Cows and Bulls are breeders and steers are typically butchered for meat, so steers are butchered twice.
• North American Wood Ducks are about 1 pound.

The Wood Duck is probably the killer! Is the fan on or off and what speed?

How many legs remain on the floor?

When I walk into a room, I walk on my feet, not my legs. -2.

 

[Scott Danforth]

For the physics;

• Female English mastiffs are 120-170 pounds, males are 160-230
• Maine coon cats Female are 7.9 to 12 pounds, males are 13-18
• Giraffes weigh about 1800 pounds
• Beef cattle breeds are numerous, choosing Angus, Cows are 1210 pounds, Bulls are 1820, Steers are about 1200 pounds. Cows and Bulls are breeders and steers are typically butchered for meat, so steers are butchered twice.
• North American Wood Ducks are about 1 pound.

The Wood Duck is probably the killer! Is the fan on or off and what speed?



When I walk into a room, I walk on my feet, not my legs. -2.

yes on the legs vs feet on the peoples.

main coons are closer to 25 for males and about 20 for females, at least that is what they were when a family member was breeding them.

adding the livestock and you have about #12k.


the fan would have to be on for the dead ducks to be flying.

 

[gm280]

I say six because the 2 x 10's with the OSB board on it will collapse under the over weighted bed and therefore the bed is out of the question, because it is no longer in the room. That leaves the chair and YOU, six legs total.

 

[Scott Danforth]

I say six because the 2 x 10's with the OSB board on it will collapse under the over weighted bed and therefore the bed is out of the question, because it is no longer in the room. That leaves the chair and YOU, six legs total.

close, however people walk on their feet, not legs.

yes, the ikea bed legs have long since punched thru the OSB and collapsed......while technically the joists are at the limit of weight loading, most likely the whole pile of livestock and the bed is now laying in the basement.

 

[alldodge]

most likely the whole pile of livestock and the bed is now laying in the basement.

Not if they are all stuffed animals

 

[GA_Boater]

My first try - 0

 

[redneck joe]

Pies aren't square...they are round... lol Where do you get your pies from?

whichever pan they are made in

 

[Scott Danforth]

Not if they are all stuffed animals

engineers dont deal with stuffed animals......

 

[alldodge]

engineers dont deal with stuffed animals......

I know, that's why it takes a technician to get the thing to work once they release it for production

 

[Scott Danforth]

I know, that's why it takes a technician to get the thing to work once they release it for production

LOL....... keep in mind, engineering works off specs from sales......sales works off highballs for lunch.

 

[GA_Boater]

LOL....... keep in mind, engineering works off specs from sales......sales works off highballs for lunch.

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