On 25/05/17 23:52, John Rumm wrote:
On 25/05/2017 21:34, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 25/05/17 21:27, Bill Wright wrote:
On 25/05/2017 19:16, misterroy wrote:
found this test lurking in the filing cabinet at work, some of the
questions might need a bit more context.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_U...ew?usp=sharing



Is the gate question a trick? H has the brace the wrong way round.

Bill
tesnd to work either way.

There were more than one question however where there seemed to be
insufficient information.

The car skid for example.

The butchers hook one as well... depending what you want to achieve -
least load on the supports, then in the middle. Least bending of the
rail, then right at the end.


yep. That was another one I noticed

Then there were the eccentric weights rolling down an inclined plane.
Well it depends HOW eccentric the weights were and how steep the plane was.





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