[thechat] Explain This Sentence

[Bob Davis]

At 6:59 AM +0500 5/21/02, Syed Zeeshan Haider wrote:
>  In a numerical problem, following sentence is, I think, of the
>same kind:

Ok, what you have to do is see the real numbers from the numbers used
to name things.


><sentence>
>You drive an Interstate 10 from San Antonio to Houston, one-half the
>time at 35 mi/h (= 56.3 km/h) and the other half at 55 mi/h (= 88.5
>km/h).
></sentence>
>
>Now tell me, what is this "10" here? What it stands for? Explain above
>sentence in this perspective.


Highways are given numbers to identify them. Even ones go east and
west, odd ones go north and south.

I'm from San Antonio, and "Interstate 10" does indeed go to Houston.

Now, if "You drive an Interstate 10 from San Antonio to Houston, one-half the
time at 35 mi/h (= 56.3 km/h) and the other half at 55 mi/h (= 88.5
km/h)" you clearly aren't from Texas, because, with the exception of
the section that goes through Seguine (pronounced segeen), I've never
seen anyone going slower than 80. The total trip shouldn't take more
than 3.5 hours, and that's assuming it's not just a city limits to
city limits trip.

It's not a very pretty drive.

bob
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