Sharing fairly and squarely is second only to giving
Tristan is sharing an oatmeal cookie with his younger brother Grant. Grant’s weight is one-fifth of Tristan’s weight. Therefore, the cookie is divided proportionately—one-fifth is designated for Grant.
The dividing line or chord has a length of 14.80209537 centimeters. The cookie, essentially a cylinder, has a uniform thickness of 1.5 centimeters.
The density of a dry cookie, before any dunking, is 0.08810573 grams per cc.
Find the mass of Tristan’s share of the cookie.
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Last week’s winner was Ben Chacon with VSI = 650.806 feet per minute.
Participants are prohibited from using AI to solve this problem.
Jeff Smith is a former Math teacher and a retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander. Reach him at [email protected].
