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Subject: They build great outhouses in AR...
Arkansas Professional Engineering Exa=
m
Calculate the sma=
llest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a 10 pound possum=
.
Which of the following cars will rust out t=
he quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard?
A. '66 Ford Fairlane
B. '69 Chevrolet Chevell=
e
C. '64 Pontiac GTO
If your uncle builds a still that operates at a capacity of 20 gallons of =
'shine per hour, how many radiators are required to condense the product?
A pulpwood cutter has a chain saw that operates=
at 2700 rpm. The density of the pine trees in a plot to be harvested is 47=
0 trees per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average tree diameter =
is 14". How many Budweiser tall-boys will it take to cut the trees?
A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine at 24 i=
nches on center with a field rock foundation. The span is 8 feet and the po=
rch length is 16 feet. The porch floor is 1" thick rough sawn pine. Wh=
en the porch collapses, how many hound dogs will be killed?
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FONT SIZE=3D4>A 2-ton pulpwood truck is overloaded and proceeding down a st=
eep grade on a secondary road at 45 mph. The brakes fail. Given the average=
traffic loading of secondary roads, how many people will swerve to avoid t=
he truck before it crashes at the bottom of the mountain? For extra credit,=
how many of the vehicles that swerved will have mufflers and uncracked win=
dshields?
A coal mine operates an NFPA class 1=
, division 2 Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120 miners per shift. A gas w=
arning is issued at the beginning of 3rd shift. How many cartons of unfilte=
red Camels will be smoked during the shift?
At=
a reduction in gene pool variability rate of 7.5% per generation, how long=
will it take a town that has been bypassed by the interstate to breed a cr=
oss eyed country-western singer?