Happy Friday! Here is the last set of answers to the equation and their significance. Anyone 100% correct? Tells us about it here, or on Twitter @GiantChalkboard.
EG: 1979; Year rings on Jupiter discovered
EH: :-)
EI: 65,535; Largest maxint that can be represented by 16 binary digits
EJ: 4; Number of classes of minerals in 1758 edition of Systema Nocturae
EK: 24; Number of classes of plants in 1758 edition of Systema Nocturae
EL: 6; Number of classes of animals in 1758 edition of Systema Nocturae
EM: 5; Number of Korotkoff sounds
EN: 1501; Birth year of 1 of 3 founding fathers of botany
EO: 1489; Birth year of 1 of 3 founding fathers of botany
EP: 1498; Birth year of 1 of 3 founding fathers of botany
EQ: 1843; Year of declaration that the azoic zone does not exist sparks that 20 year debate
ER: 300; Depth in fathoms azoic zone was supposedly located
ES: 47; Number of feet that help make up a knot
ET: 3; Number of inches that help make up a knot
EU: 6; Feet in a fathom
EV: 134,217,728; Sum of numbers in the 27th row of Pascal’s triangle
EW: 90; Original mission length of Spirit Mars Exploration Rover (in days)
EX: 7730.5; Total distance the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover traveled
EY: 1897; The year aspirin was created
EZ: 1; Number of planets we call home
FA: 7 billion; the population of our planet at the end of October, 2011
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This afternoon’s set of answers to the equation are up! How do your answers stack up? Any surprises? Tell us here, or on Twitter @GiantChalkboard.
More answers for you all! Anyone perfect so far? Tell us about it here, or on Twitter @GiantChalkboard.
BK: 174465; Patent number of the telephone
BL: 9; Number of words in the first phone conversation
BM: Even Giant Chalkboards have senses of humor
BN: 3; Number of Newton’s Laws of Motion
BO: 1687; Year Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica was published
BP: 1916; Year Foundation of General Theory of Relativity was published
BQ: 1910; Publication of Principia Mathematica
BR: 8128; Fourth perfect number
BS: 3816188; Molecular weight of the largest known protein
BT: 22; Number of standard amino acids
BU: 120; Number of columns in the Temple of Artemis
BV: 138; Height (in feet) of the first skyscraper
BW: 92; The atomic number of Uranium
BY: 1729; Year the largest comet on record was discovered
BZ: 479,001,600: 12! aka the factorial of the highest number on the Beaufort Scale
CA: 11232; Patent number for bromine extraction
CB: 35; Atomic number of bromine
CC: 1903; Year of the first successful self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft takes flight
CD: 605; Weight of the first airplane in pounds
CE: 40; Wingspan of the first airplane to the nearest foot
CF: 6*28*496; Product of the first three perfect numbers
CG: 608,845; Patent number of the Diesel engine
CH: 299,792,458; Speed of light in meters per second
It’s time to reveal more equation answers! How many have you answered correctly? Tell us about it here, or on Twitter @GiantChalkboard.
Time to check your math! Here is the first portion of answers and their significance. How many did you get right? Tell us about it here, or on Twitter @GiantChalkboard.
A: 2560; Year Pyramid of Giza was completed
B: 755; Length of the side of the Pyramid of Giza
C: 1054; The year supernova that is now Crab Nebula was first observed
D: 1965; The year of the first Nebula Award
E: 1088; The year the first university was founded
F: 60; Base of the Babylonian number system
G: 1215; Year of the Magna Carta
H: 1776; Year of the Declaration of Independence
I: 9,192,631,770; Natural resonance frequency of cesium
J: 8; Number of NBS/NIST-named apparatus, including our current one
K: 20,000,000: Accuracy of current atomic clock is to approx 1 second in this many years
L: 55; Atomic number of cesium
M: 1455; first printing of the Gutenberg Bible
N: 1971; first perfected laser printer (prints 2 pages/second!)
O: 131071; Sixth Mersenne Prime
P: 1492; Year Columbus sailed the ocean blue
Q: 373.15; Water boiling point in Kelvin
R: 100; Water boiling point in Celsius
S: 212; Water boiling point in Fahrenheit
T: 1543; The year “On the Revolutions of Celestial Orbs” published
U: 1632; The year “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” published
V: 760; Weight of the Rosetta Stone in kg
W: 196; Years BC the Rosetta Stone was written
X: 44; Dots in the Morse Code alphabet
Y: 1755; Year of the Johnson dictionary
Z: 6; Number of cells for dots in Braille letters
AA: 65; Last two digits of the year Aspects of the Theory of Syntax was published
How much of my equation were you able to solve? Now, you’ll be able to find out :)
Over the next week, we’ll break down each element within the equation and explain its significance.
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