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On 5/27/2016 9:38 AM, ClutterFreak wrote:
> On Fri, 27 May 2016 07:23:41 -0500, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>
>> On 5/27/2016 6:55 AM, HGWilson, DSc. wrote:
>>> On 27/05/16 20:46, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>>>> On 5/27/2016 4:52 AM, HGWilson, DSc. wrote:
>>>>> On 27/05/16 19:26, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you know the relationship between the number of solar days and the
>>>>>> number of sidereal days in a year?
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course. Why don't you tell Poutnik.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why don't YOU tell Poutnik? Be sure to use the relationship between
>>>> solar and sidereal days in your argument with him about it.
>>>
>>> Poutnik's answer was 99. Is he right?
>>
>> I see you're having trouble making the connection.
>> I'll give you another example that will help you visualize what's going on.
>> Let's say you have a gear that has 100 shallow teeth on its
>> circumference. There is a red line painted along a radius of the gear.
>> Now you're going to put that inside a circular ring with just a slightly
>> larger inner diameter, and which has 101 shallow teeth on its inner
>> perimeter.
>> Now I'm going to use my finger to run that gear around inside the ring,
>> once around the inner perimeter of the ring. When I do that, how many
>> revolutions will that red line on the gear have made? And if I ran the
>> gear clockwise around the inner perimeter of the ring, in which
>> direction will the red line rotate?
>>
>
> That's an easier explanation? It's amusing that some
> people are not made to express themselves, some are.
>

LOL. To be fair, I'm not really trying to explain this easily to "Henry" 
because Henry is being lazy. What I'm trying to give him is two 
different related problems that he can figure out quickly, which will 
give him the answer to his original question.

Or he can buy a Spirograph for $15 and get that answer and more.

-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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Interesting problem "HGWilson, DSc." <hgw@....> - 2016-05-26 07:05 +1000
  Re: Interesting problem Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-05-25 23:17 +0200
    Re: Interesting problem "HGWilson, DSc." <hgw@....> - 2016-05-27 03:57 +1000
    Re: Interesting problem David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> - 2016-05-30 03:12 -0400
      Re: Interesting problem ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-05-31 20:05 -0500
        Re: Interesting problem David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> - 2016-06-02 22:25 -0400
          Re: Interesting problem ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-06-02 23:52 -0500
          Re: Interesting problem Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-06-03 09:52 +0000
            Re: Interesting problem noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 09:56 -0700
  Re: Interesting problem Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-25 16:20 -0500
    Re: Interesting problem Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2016-05-25 18:31 -0500
    Re: Interesting problem "HGWilson, DSc." <hgw@....> - 2016-05-27 03:25 +1000
      Re: Interesting problem Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-26 13:32 -0500
        Re: Interesting problem HGW <hw@...> - 2016-05-27 12:15 +1000
          Re: Interesting problem Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 04:26 -0500
            Re: Interesting problem "HGWilson, DSc." <hgw@....> - 2016-05-27 19:52 +1000
              Re: Interesting problem Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 05:46 -0500
                Re: Interesting problem "HGWilson, DSc." <hgw@....> - 2016-05-27 21:55 +1000
                Re: Interesting problem Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 07:23 -0500
                Re: Interesting problem Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 07:26 -0500
                Re: Interesting problem ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-05-27 09:38 -0500
                Re: Interesting problem Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 09:47 -0500
                Re: Interesting problem "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-05-27 08:00 -0700
                Re: Interesting problem ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-05-27 10:22 -0500
                Re: Interesting problem "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-05-27 09:02 -0700
                Re: Interesting problem ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-05-27 18:43 -0500
                Re: Interesting problem ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-05-27 20:16 -0500
                Re: Interesting problem "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-05-27 08:14 -0700
                Re: Interesting problem "HGWilson, DSc." <hgw@....> - 2016-05-28 19:47 +1000
                Re: Interesting problem Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-29 13:52 -0500
                Re: Interesting problem "HGWilson, DSc." <hgw@....> - 2016-05-30 07:09 +1000
                Re: Interesting problem Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-29 16:26 -0500
                Re: Interesting problem Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-05-30 04:25 +0000
                Re: Interesting problem "HGWilson, DSc." <hgw@....> - 2016-05-31 21:00 +1000
                Re: Interesting problem Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-05-31 22:46 +0000
                Re: Interesting problem HGW <hw@...> - 2016-06-02 09:32 +1000
                Re: Interesting problem noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 18:34 -0700
                Re: Interesting problem Mikkel Haaheim <mikkelhaaheim@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 08:08 -0700
    Re: Interesting problem Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-05-27 22:03 +0000
      Re: Interesting problem "HGWilson, DSc." <hgw@....> - 2016-05-28 20:10 +1000

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