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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Question 473.g: A unit charge per vehicle

__X__'s efforts to obtain support for his voyages were not hampered by a European belief in a flat Earth. Sailors and navigators of the time knew that the Earth was spherical, but (correctly) disagreed with __X__'s estimate of the distance to __Y__, which was approximately 1/6th of the actual distance. If __Z__ did not exist, and had __X__ continued to __Y__(even putting aside the threat of mutiny he was under), he would have run out of supplies before reaching it at the rate he was traveling. 


Solve for X,Y,Z.
(only X and Z are pertinent to the theme)
ALso, how is it related to the question name?








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4 comments:

  1. NagaratnaJanuary 8, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    Columbus
    India
    America

    Columbus
    coloumb- unit of charge
    bus-vehicle

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  2. SyntaXerroRJanuary 8, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    x - Christopher Columbus
    y - India
    z - Americas

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  3. tom sawyerJanuary 8, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    Christopher Columbus trying to find India and finding the new world instead

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  4. Aravind VJanuary 9, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    X: Christopher Coulumbus
    Y: India
    Z: America(N&S)


    (Coulumb)^-1 Bus ?

    C'mon Pai! You're better than that!

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