OK, you geniuses

[Dozernut]

I think we should start a new club called "Messin". The only requirement is you should want or own a tractor. Being too smart can be dangerous. When I was in high school I almost had my eye put out by a dangling participle. Luckily years of hard earned ignorance took over and I saved my eye. If you know too much people will expect more out of you, ignorance is bliss! Carefull trying to be the top turkey, you might be dinner! Keep pushing dirt, it keeps you young!

 

[Buck]

I ain't no genious, but my figures don't match nobodies here. But at least I'm gonna show my work!

The quarter inch spacing requirement can be added to each of the bricks dimensions.

Therefore, each brick formally having the dimensions 3 inches x 6 inches will have an extra 1/8 inch on each side. This translates to a virtual brick size of 3.25 inches x 6.25 inches

One way to calculate the approximate number of bricks is simply to divide the surface area of an individual brick into the total surface area. The astute observer, however, will realize that on the perimeter, the brick calculation will require an extra 1/8 of an inch along the entire perimeter because we assumed this with the -virtual- brick size.

A way around this approximation is to *assume* that the perimeter is actually 2x (30ft. + 1/8 in.)+ 2x(100ft.+1/8 in.) to allow for this virtual brick. By doing this, we can avoid algebra.

Therefore the total virtual area is:
(100 ft. x 12 in./ft. + .125 in.)
x(30 ft. x 12 in./ft. + .125 in.)
= 432,195 inches squared.


Now given that the virtual brick size is:
3.25 in. x 6.25 in. = 20.3125 inches squared.,

the total number of bricks needed is:


432,195/20.3125 = 21277.29231

or 21278 bricks


Buck

 

[AndyR]

I think the reason you are a little higher in number then me is that I did not plan on having external seams. In any event, Mike was correct - even my devil-with-a-red-pen sometimes-verbal-facist dear wife says so. /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif

 

[Buck]

Andy,

Any *pure* calculation would be wrong. One would need at least one more brick to to hit oneself over the head for building a 30 ft. wide driveway!

Buck

 

[AndyR]

Nothin a wee dram wouldn't fix!

 

[Buck]

Mike,

How much money would your psychology professor get for that answer?

I hope he doesn't practice in Upstate NY.

Buck

Seriously Mike - I don't get it.

 

[Youare]

All of them/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

Randy

 

[patrickg]

They have adjusted my medication dose again and I can't seem to recall why you said there was a swarm of bees buzzing in our heads but OH WELL, there they are.

Maybe this will help you remember: Starkle starkle little twink, what the heck you are I think

Or: 30 daze has Septober, April, June and No wonder, All the rest have 31 except grandmaw and she has a little red scooter.

Tarbender, tarbender, ti martunis please, the drunker I sit here the longer I get.

Gotta go, there coming back now

 

[TWINKLE_TOES]

Dozernut,

<font color=blue>ignorance is bliss</font color=blue>
Then I be a happy camper./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Al

 

[CVHoss]

Went to the Mensa web site. They don't have an actual online test you can take but they do have a little 30 question "exercise". Took it. It's now official. I'm stupid./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Hoss