summervaca
TUG Member
I am trying to help my son with a math project and math is not my strong suit (that is an understatement.) If anyone is interested in weighing in on this on a Sunday afternoon, I'd appreciate some help.
The problem is to figure out the least amount of time it would take using a phone chain to notify all the members in a 55 person chain.
Questions:
What are some assumptions you might need to make about phone calls?
Could you modify the procedure to shorten the amount of time involved? If so, how?
So far, we have assumed 30 seconds per phone call. Also, that after the first call, there would be two people making a call - and so on. We sort of mapped it out, but wonder if we are missing any assumptions.
If this is not appropriate in the eyes of mods, please remove. Otherwise, maybe some of you will just look at this as a puzzle!
Full Disclosure: I am a special ed reading and language teacher at my son's school so I have no plans to just do his homework for him. Tuggers are always just so clever and we are a little bamboozled so I thought I'd just toss it out there. Thanks!
Debbie
The problem is to figure out the least amount of time it would take using a phone chain to notify all the members in a 55 person chain.
Questions:
What are some assumptions you might need to make about phone calls?
Could you modify the procedure to shorten the amount of time involved? If so, how?
So far, we have assumed 30 seconds per phone call. Also, that after the first call, there would be two people making a call - and so on. We sort of mapped it out, but wonder if we are missing any assumptions.
If this is not appropriate in the eyes of mods, please remove. Otherwise, maybe some of you will just look at this as a puzzle!
Full Disclosure: I am a special ed reading and language teacher at my son's school so I have no plans to just do his homework for him. Tuggers are always just so clever and we are a little bamboozled so I thought I'd just toss it out there. Thanks!
Debbie