Math Essay Problem

[sweettart]

Hi all. I need help with this question and I need to do an essay on it.

Thanks for your help

How do you put a washing machine on a truck using a rug, rope and plank?

I need to use math terminology as well

 

[stapel]

With what, precisely, are you needing help? (I am assuming that you're not asking us to write your paper for you, so you instead have some specific question in mind.)

Have you grabbed a carpet sample and figured out how it can help you move something heavy? Have you grabbed a one-by-eight and seen how that might help move something from your driveway to the bed of a pick-up truck? What have you done? Where are you needing help?

Eliz.

 

[sweettart]

Thanks. I wrote this for my class and I was told it was wrong and I have no idea why. I think I might not be using the correct terminology. I know that you need to place the plank 45 degree angle onto the truck, using the rug under the washing machine to pull it up and the rope to help keep it stable. I do not know where else to go on this question.

Thanks

 

[stapel]

I wrote this for my class and I was told it was wrong and I have no idea why.

I'm sorry, but I'm not seeing the "this" that you wrote, and since I don't know the exact wording of and expectations for the assignment, I can't say why "it" was wrong.

I know that you need to place the plank 45 degree angle onto the truck...

Why?

...using the rug under the washing machine to pull it up...

Did you study anything in class that would provide terminology related to how the rug helps?

...the rope to help keep it stable.

I would have thought the rope would be helpful for the pulling...?

Eliz.

 

[Denis]

Wella golly gee...rent an apartment that comes with washer and dryer...

 

[stapel]

Wella golly gee...rent an apartment that comes with washer and dryer...

Well, yeah, sure; in "real life". But this is math! :wink:

Eliz.