The crap was really flowing today...well - overflowing would be more accurate. Apparently higher math is not a requirement to be a manager in this part of Iraq. Here is the problem - can you figure it out?
Word problem: If Ali dumped 120 liters of water (3.74 liters = 1 gallon) into a very very large tub and the tub is draining the water at 10 liters per hour, How much water would have drained out of the tub in 24 hours.
Take your time...no pressure...if you guessed anything less then 120 liters you too have qualified to become an Iraqi life support manager. The correct answer is....all of it - 120 liters. That's right I had to explain that if you put a total of 120,000 liters of water into a bladder you can expect to have at least 120,000 liters of "dirty water" in the exit tank. Therefore, stay with me now - this is where it get complicated, if you put 120,000 liters into a bladder everyday you need to extract 120,000 liters from the exit tanks everyday OR...yes you got it...the exit tanks will overflow. Thanks to an excellent math teacher, Mrs. G-T, I was able to quickly solve this real world problem. However, the Iraqi life support contract manager had a little difficulty getting the answer correct. And I thought math was a universal language...maybe its science...maybe I am just in a different universe. Anyway enough teaching for today - have a good week.
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