
Puzzler, 3/1/98: Billboard Equation
RAY: The new puzzler.
TOM: Oh, you have one?
RAY: I do have one.
TOM: I can hardly wait.
RAY: Well, I have a crusty puzzler which I will save until next
week.
TOM: I can hardly wait. What is it?
RAY: Well, this was sent to us from cyberspace by Roy Richarde.
TOM: Good. Read it.
RAY: It says --
TOM: Hurry up.
RAY: While driving around Luxembourg, on a recent trip to Europe,
I caught a glimpse of a billboard that immediately brought Car
Talk to mind.
TOM: Yeah.
RAY: The billboard was brightly colored with a cartoon like a pig
on the bottom, but it wasn't just a pig that brought Car Talk to
mind. Across the center of the sign was written an equation.
Write this down.
TOM: I'm going to write it down. Go ahead.
RAY: D.
TOM: D. Small or big.
RAY: Yeah.
TOM: D equals --
RAY: Equals V over 10.
TOM: Yeah.
RAY: In parentheses. Squared. That quantity squared. The whole
thing divided by two. OK? You got it. So, the quantity --
TOM: Whoa!
RAY: V over 10.
TOM: Yeah. Square.
RAY: Squared. Divide V by 10, square it. You divide that whole
thing by 2. Got it?
TOM: I've got it. Yeah.
RAY: Right? You got it?
TOM: Yeah. And this was a billboard?
RAY: This was a billboard. He says remembering a discussion on
the show of several months ago, I immediately knew what this was
all about.
TOM: Wow!
RAY: What was it?
TOM: That's it? That's the question? No, oh, you gave a hint.
Remembering a discussion on our show.
RAY: Remembering a discussion on Car Talk of a few months ago.
TOM: I knew immediately what this meant.
RAY: And all the hints are there. I mean Luxembourg. I mean you
name it. You name it. It's all there, man.
TOM: Richarde.
RAY: Roy Richarde. Luxembourg. Europe.
TOM: Yeah.
RAY: D. D is there.
TOM: V. V is there too.
RAY: D and V. They're both there.
TOM: All right.
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