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Lostgaeriel · 11-12-2001, 02:41 PM

Took me some time to come up with this one. But I'm always trying to work these things out as I read LOTR anyway to get a real sense of scale. (And it's partly the engineering student in me!)

Assuming that Frodo’s estimate of the height of the cliff at the Emyn Muil, and Sam’s estimate of the length of the Elven rope were the actual measurements, to 1 decimal place, how much longer than the cliff height was the rope? Please give the answer in feet, to two significant figures. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

(Rather convenient that the first place that the cliff was low enough and easy enough to climb, they found that their rope was just the right length for the job, and that finally there were tree stumps on which to tie the rope. Mmmmm. Proof for the non-existence of God?)

[ November 12, 2001: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

11-12-2001, 02:41 PM	#6
Lostgaeriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto the Good Posts: 477	Took me some time to come up with this one. But I'm always trying to work these things out as I read LOTR anyway to get a real sense of scale. (And it's partly the engineering student in me!) Assuming that Frodo’s estimate of the height of the cliff at the Emyn Muil, and Sam’s estimate of the length of the Elven rope were the actual measurements, to 1 decimal place, how much longer than the cliff height was the rope? Please give the answer in feet, to two significant figures. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] (Rather convenient that the first place that the cliff was low enough and easy enough to climb, they found that their rope was just the right length for the job, and that finally there were tree stumps on which to tie the rope. Mmmmm. Proof for the non-existence of God?) [ November 12, 2001: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ] __________________ Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.