Can you solve Barlow's Quandary?

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11-09-2005, 07:39 PM

rjbarlow

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Re: Can you solve Barlow's Quandary?

It just got real simple here too. As I told Lakedude some months ago, my fiance' returned from Europe last Sunday. Now she is driving my HCH "EcoCar" and my hypermiling days are largely over.

I had the current tank up to 67.3 mpg and about 750 miles. She has it down to 65.4 at 803 miles.

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Its real simple here. Wife drives no mpg. I drive good mpg. All that stuff inbetween is way to confusing.

She has a degree and has been social engineered on. I dont and havent. shes a educator by degree. Wonder why she cant learn to drive?

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11-09-2005, 09:46 PM

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Re: Can you solve Barlow's Quandary?

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Originally Posted by rjbarlow

The reality for most lawyers, is that if we could do math we would have went to med school.

I'm in med school (M-II, second year), and I can't do math to save my life. Hence my silence earlier in this post when I was dumbfounded by Barlow's Quandary.

PS - My folks live up in Fredericksburg, in Lee's Hill. Is that near you?

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11-09-2005, 10:10 PM

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Re: Can you solve Barlow's Quandary?

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Originally Posted by rjbarlow

It just got real simple here too. As I told Lakedude some months ago, my fiance' returned from Europe last Sunday. Now she is driving my HCH "EcoCar" and my hypermiling days are largely over.

I had the current tank up to 67.3 mpg and about 750 miles. She has it down to 65.4 at 803 miles.

Ouch

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11-09-2005, 11:34 PM

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Re: Can you solve Barlow's Quandary?

Hi RJ:

___Lets do some math

750 miles at 67.3 miles/gallon = 11.14 gallons
803 miles at 65.4 miles/gallon = 12.28 gallons

___She drove 53 miles on (12.28 – 11.14) gallons or 53 miles/ 1.14 gallons = 46.5 mpg. Ouch is right!

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes

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11-10-2005, 03:09 AM

rjbarlow

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Re: Can you solve Barlow's Quandary?

Lee's Hill? Sure that is near. As a matter of fact the Lee's Hill Property Owners Association has been a big client of mine for several years.

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11-10-2005, 04:16 AM

David Harville

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Re: Can you solve Barlow's Quandary?

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I'm in med school (M-II, second year), and I can't do math to save my life. Hence my silence earlier in this post when I was dumbfounded by Barlow's Quandary.

I can assure you that there are LOTS of math-challenged doctors.

My graduate degree is in biostatistics. Lots of doctors pursue Master's of Publi Health at some point in their careers, and at the school I attended, every MPH degree required at least one course in biostatistics -- I was a teaching assistant for several basic classes and I tutored on the side. Many doctors I know struggled in those classes.