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Wot I Think
Doomheim
#1 - 2011-12-31 01:25:30 UTC
If Planet I is 30.5 million miles farther from the sun than Planet II, then Planet III is 24.6 million miles farther than Planet I. When the total distances for these three planets from the sun is 190.6 million miles, how far away from the sun is Planet II?

Yep, this was a question asked... and nobody got it right... I only trained it to IV =(
Professor Alphane
Les Corsaires Diable
#2 - 2011-12-31 01:33:34 UTC
35.6666 I think

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Famble
Three's a Crowd
#3 - 2011-12-31 01:35:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Famble
It's obvious the answer is shut up dork.

If anyone ever looks at you and says,_ "Hold my beer, watch this,"_  you're probably going to want to pay attention.
Jacob Stiller
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2011-12-31 01:35:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Jacob Stiller
Wot I Think wrote:
If Planet I is 30.5 million miles farther from the sun than Planet II, then Planet III is 24.6 million miles farther than Planet I. When the total distances for these three planets from the sun is 190.6 million miles, how far away from the sun is Planet II?

Yep, this was a question asked... and nobody got it right... I only trained it to IV =(


Planet II is 35 million miles from the sun.

Edit: Let x be the distance of Planet II. Then

x + 30.5 + x + x + 30.5 + 24.6 = 190.6
=> 3x = 105
x = 35
Joahna Gramer
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2011-12-31 01:40:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Joahna Gramer
35 is the answer

EDIT:
Damn too slow :/

PII = x
PI = x + 30.5
PIII = x + 30.5 + 24.6
P I + P II + P III = 190.6

3x+30.5+30.5+24.6 = 190.6
3x+85,6 = 190.6
x = 35
Professor Alphane
Les Corsaires Diable
#6 - 2011-12-31 01:47:06 UTC
Yes sorry my mental arthimatic is dire. 35

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2011-12-31 03:16:33 UTC
Famble wrote:
It's obvious the answer is shut up dork.

^

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Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#8 - 2011-12-31 05:12:26 UTC
There's a skill for that, you know...

Accidentally The Whole Frigate - For-newbies blog (currently on pause)
Serria Mau
Kybernauts
Kybernauts Clade
#9 - 2011-12-31 07:34:15 UTC
Miles.......

This is all....
Fortune Taker
#10 - 2011-12-31 08:12:21 UTC
i have a question

why is planet 1 further away than planet 2?

usually planets would be numbered from the closest to the furthest from their respective star
Antraman
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#11 - 2011-12-31 08:23:11 UTC
Not if you are approaching the sun from *outside* the solar system...


Fortune Taker wrote:
i have a question

usually planets would be numbered from the closest to the furthest from their respective star
Fortune Taker
#12 - 2012-01-01 06:28:00 UTC
Antraman wrote:
Not if you are approaching the sun from *outside* the solar system...



doesn't matter, all planets in eve are numbered from the center outward

and besides according to op the numbering is

[ Star ] [ Planet 2 ] [ Planet 1 ] [ Planet 3 ]
Professor Alphane
Les Corsaires Diable
#13 - 2012-01-01 06:30:07 UTC
Fortune Taker wrote:
Antraman wrote:
Not if you are approaching the sun from *outside* the solar system...



doesn't matter, all planets in eve are numbered from the center outward

and besides according to op the numbering is

[ Star ] [ Planet 2 ] [ Planet 1 ] [ Planet 3 ]



It's just to confuse you most likely

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Mars Theran
Foreign Interloper
#14 - 2012-01-01 07:51:18 UTC
yeah.. 35 million miles. Planet numbers are just math talk and have nothing to do with actual placement in relation to the sun.
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Eternus8lux8lucis
Guardians of the Gate
RAZOR Alliance
#15 - 2012-01-01 11:32:05 UTC
42!!! Dont you all know anything?!?!ShockedRoll

Have you heard anything I've said?

You said it's all circling the drain, the whole universe. Right?

That's right.

Had to end sometime.
xwolfi
#16 - 2012-01-01 12:52:25 UTC
What are "miles" ?
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#17 - 2012-01-01 13:29:50 UTC
xwolfi wrote:
What are "miles" ?

Laser tag for the boys in green.