Harvard Bridge, which connects MIT with its fraternities across the Charles River, has a length of 364.4 Smoots plus one ear. The units of one Smoot is based on the length of Oliver Reed Smoot, Jr., class of 1962, who was carried or dragged length by length across the bridge so that other pledge members of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity could mark off (with paint) 1-Smoot lengths along the bridge. The marks have been repainted biannually by fraternity pledges since the initial measurement, usually during times of traffic congestion so that the police could not easily interfere. (Presumably, the police were originally upset because a Smoot is not an SI base units, but these days they seem to have accepted the units.) The figure shows three parallel paths, measured in Smoots (S), Willies (W), and Zeldas (Z). What is the length of 33.0 Smoots in (a) Willies and (b) Zeldas? 32 212 258 60 216 (a) Number: i Unit: (b) Number: i Unit:

Harvard Bridge, which connects MIT with its fraternities across the Charles River, has a length of 364.4 Smoots plus one ear. The units of one Smoot is based on the length of Oliver Reed Smoot, Jr., class of 1962, who was carried or dragged length by length across the bridge so that other pledge members of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity could mark off (with paint) 1-Smoot lengths along the bridge. The marks have been repainted biannually by fraternity pledges since the initial measurement, usually during times of traffic congestion so that the police could not easily interfere. (Presumably, the police were originally upset because a Smoot is not an SI base units, but these days they seem to have accepted the units.) The figure shows three parallel paths, measured in Smoots (S), Willies (W), and Zeldas (Z). What is the length of 33.0 Smoots in (a) Willies and (b) Zeldas? 32 212 258 60 216 (a) Number: i Unit: (b) Number: i Unit:

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Harvard Bridge, which connects MIT with its fraternities across the Charles River, has a length of 364.4 Smoots plus one ear. The units
of one Smoot is based on the length of Oliver Reed Smoot, Jr., class of 1962, who was carried or dragged length by length across the
bridge so that other pledge members of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity could mark off (with paint) 1-Smoot lengths along the bridge.
The marks have been repainted biannually by fraternity pledges since the initial measurement, usually during times of traffic
congestion so that the police could not easily interfere. (Presumably, the police were originally upset because a Smoot is not an SI base
units, but these days they seem to have accepted the units.) The figure shows three parallel paths, measured in Smoots (S), Willies (W),
and Zeldas (Z). What is the length of 33.0 Smoots in (a) Willies and (b) Zeldas?
32
212
258
60
216
(a) Number:
i
Unit:
(b) Number:
i
Unit:

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