The Department of Mathematics
Suppose a heavy rope is hanging fully extended off the edge of a tall building.
A group of people are each to take one turn in pulling all of the rope to the top of the building. What length of rope should each person pull to share the work fairly? We assume at first that the rope has uniform density. A related question: which person's share of the rope is closest to
the average length pulled? We then look at the case when the rope has linear density. Based on a short article the speaker submitted to the College Mathematics Journal, the talk should be accessible to calculus students who have studied integration.
Please join us for the Pre-Colloquium Tea on the third floor of the BSS building at 3:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
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