lizzy16

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  1. exactly the point :) And they are :) haha.Some girls in my dorm hall made a snowman. All these Cali and Texas kids were running outside in Parkas. If they only knew what was coming next.
  2. Lets close this thread :) I finished the assignment.
  3. haha. my facebook status actually does say "If anyone wants some cinnamon rolls or banana bread come over!" And, I posted it in the BYU-Idaho freshman group too :) I love baking for people.
  4. I wanted to puke. And, its snowing in rexburg. I made cinnamon rolls and banana bread :)
  5. Dravin, its people like you that make people like me look like idiots when it comes to Math. I honestly don't see how you think math is fun. To each there own.:)
  6. Those words are pretty snazzy :) Lets seeeee. I learned all about invesments in my math class. It's kinda amazing how saving 100 bucks a month for 40 years with 8% interest can get you a HUGE chunk of money/Interest. I kinda want to invest. Although, at this point in time 100 bucks isn't something i can handle. I'm a poor college student afterall :)
  7. Well, technically i'm cheating too. I'm doing a Memoir. I'm considired a "NaNoWriMo rebel" I'm lizzy12 on the site :) Add me as a writing buddy!
  8. Heres something light-my roommate doesn't know how to use a can opener. No joke. "Liz...can you help me?" "Yea, whats goin on?" "Can you open this can for me?" "erm yea." "Thanks. I'm not really good with can openers..."
  9. There's also a group of NaNoWriMo'ers in Rexburg :) So, I'll meet new people as well. My daily word goal is 1,700 words a day. Since i'm writing a memoir i already know what i'm writing about. I have each chapter dedicated to a different memory/time :)
  10. I think its going to be really fun! My roommates going to try along with me and a few other friends. We're going to have "Writing parties" and things :)
  11. Hey there! Whose doing NaNoWriMo this year? I'm really excited this year. I 'attempted' last year but got to day two and pretty much quit. This year I'm really pre-planning. I'm doing a Memoir type thing :) So excited. What are you writing about? (For those who have no idea what I'm talking about NaNoWriMo means National Novel Writing Month. You write 50,000 word novel in one month. And, if you win you feel super good about yourself. If you lose...well you feel like a loser.)
  12. Yea, its okay. The syllabus encourages us to work with others, form study groups ect. And, i did...until i realized they had less of a clue then I did. They did it a tottaly different way that I'm pretty dang sure was wrong. And, my roommates/neighbors aren't mathy people :) I've kind of exhausted my resources other then the tutoring center. My plan was to do the best I could, work it out the best I can and then go to the tutoring center tomorrow to double check my work. So yea, its fine. It's not as if i didn't try every problem on my own first.
  13. I'm in college :) But yes, math is awful :)
  14. Okay. So using your advice and my stellar knowledge heres what i came up with...if somoene would like to tell me if its wrong and a hint or whatever on how to correct it let me know :) Part 1 Using the information given, answer the following questions (NOTE: if you need help with this assignment, please visit the Math Lab or the Tutoring Center at the Academic Learning Center in the McKay Library). YOU MUST SHOW YOUR WORK TO GET FULL CREDIT. a. The sun has a diameter of 1,392,000 km b. The Earth has a diameter of 12,756 km c. The moon has a diameter of 3,476 km d. A basketball has a diameter of 0.23 m= .00023 km e. A km equals 1000 f. The distance from the center of the Earth to the center of the moon is: 384,403 km g. The distance from the center of the Earth to the center of the sun: 149,600,000 km If the Earth was the size of a basketball, how big would the moon be? the ratio of the moon's diameter to the earth's is 3476/12756 = .272 So if the earth were the size of the basketball, the moon would be the ratio of the moon's diameter to the earth's is 3476/12756 = .272 .00023 * .272 = .00006256 km 2. If the Earth was the size of a basketball, how far away would the moon be? Note: You need to scale the distance not just the planets. If you change the diameter/radius of the planet, you also have to change the distance between them. 384,403 *.272=104557.6 km. 3. If the sun was the size of a basketball, how big would the Earth be? . The ratio of the suns diameter to the earth would be 1,392,000 km/12,756 km= 109.125 km 4. If the sun was the size of a basketball, how far away would the Earth be? Note: You need to scale the distance not just the planets. If you change the diameter/radius of he planet, you also have to change the distance between them. 109.125 km*149,600,000 km=16325100000km. Part 2 D/R = T Using the information given, answer the following questions (again, show your work). The speed of light = 186,000 miles/second or 670,000,000 miles/hour Distance from the surface of the Earth to the surface of the moon = 230,000 miles Distance from the Earth to the sun = 93,000,000 miles Distance from one side of the solar system to the other = 5,600,000,000 miles Using D/R = T 5. How many miles can light travel in one year? 24x365=8760 hours. 8760 hours*670,000,000 miles/hour= 5,869,200,000,000 miles 6. How long would it take for light to go from the moon to the Earth? 230,000 miles/670,000,000 mph=.00034328356821 hours. 7. How long does it take for light from the sun to reach the Earth? 93,000,000 miles / 670,000,000miles/hour= .1388059701 hours 8. How long does it take for light to travel from one side of the solar system to the other? 5,600,000,000 miles/670,000,000= 8.3582 hours
  15. Got it on the units thing. As for math, I don't see why i'll be comparing the size of a basketball to earth. It's just confusing. If it was like, my height vs my friends and if i was the size of a pencil i could do that. I'd just cross multiply with the whole pencil/me=x/friends.....at least thats how i'd do it. What about this- I did 230,000 miles*670,000,000 miles/hour=154100000000000 miles^2/hour Is there a way to just get it down to just by the hour? not..miles^2/hour?
  16. The plug and chug. I won't need this ever again. This is for a stupid science class assignment. I'll never be doing it again.Ever. And, i don't think i can multiple .23m by 3476 km. The units are different..so that wouldn't work.
  17. Wouldn't i need to change the 384, 403 since the .272 was changes?
  18. Okay. So heres the dealieo. The question is: 1. If the Earth was the size of a basketball, how big would the moon be? And heres what i did: .00023km /12,756km= .00000001803073064 KM .00000001803073064X3476= .0000626748 KM The moon would be . 0000626748 KM Is this correct? :) And, the next question is So, i know i need to get the .00023 km and figure out how the center would change from the object being smaller. How would i go about doing that?
  19. I've met a few utah mormons and i've talked to them about it. All of them pretty much agreed with me that they want to raise there kids outside of the LDS bubble for the same reasons i do. Maybe it was just them though? :) I didn't mean that utah teens don't have challenges and testimonies. I met that they don't have to be the only on in the class to speak up and set an example.
  20. Well, if I waited 100 years wouldn't his siblings/siblings kids be in charge of making the decision? :)
  21. Also, if I got permission from the individual before they died is that okay if the parent says no? My friend died in a fire however he took the missionary discussion and I talked to him about religion a lot and the subject came up. I never imagined it would actually take place though. The mom likes me however she dislikes the LDS church. (Or so her son told me long ago.) Liz.
  22. So, I have a few more months until its the one year of my friends death however I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Obviously I'll be doing some serious thought and contemplation before I call the mother and talk to her for permission. Has anyone had to ask a non member for permission to do there familiy membres temple work? How did it turn out? Any advice? Liz
  23. I had the same worries about going to an LDS school. I miss non members. I miss being able to tell my friends and others about God. But, I love being in the "Mormon bubble". However, I'd never raise my kids in such an enviorment. I want them to gain a testimony and be challenged.
  24. I think it makes a lot of people judgmental. I grew up around very relaxed parents not around a bunch of uptight Utah members. I used to be judgmental when i was 12-14. I looked down on people at school making bad choices ect...but now I'm completely relaxed about it. Maybe more then I should be. People make mistakes. And, God still loves them. A lot of times my closest LDS friend will say some comment like "Look at her. So immodest argh bugs me ect." And I'll speak up with a "She doesn't believe what we do, she doesn't understand, she has a different life circumstances. But, she is a daughter of God. And for that reason alone i love her." I had very...interesting friends during high school. They weren't religous in the slightest way. However, they loved and appreciated me and my religous beliefs. Even when they weren't following them thereselves. I never recieved any peer pressure or any of that. I've got more peer pressure from LDS people then I have from my non lds friends. We need to stop being so willing to cast judgment on those that are different.
  25. We just talked about this in my Science class here at BYU-Idaho! I also made the comment that during the millenium we'll still have kids :) I love going to byu idaho..talking about confrence and science at the same time!!