A cone-shaped icicle has a height of 18 inches and a diameter of 3 inches. If the ice is melting at a rate of 1 cubic inch every 3 minutes, how long will it take the icicle to melt?

Here is their argument. given the obtuse angle x, we make a quadrilateral abcd with ∠dab = x, and ∠abc = 90◦, and ad = bc. say the perpendicular bisector to dc meets the perpendicular bisector to ab at p. then pa = pb and pc = pd. so the triangles pad and pbc have equal sides and are congruent. thus ∠pad = ∠pbc. but pab is isosceles, hence ∠pab = ∠pba. subtracting, gives x = ∠pad−∠pab = ∠pbc −∠pba = 90◦. this is a preposterous conclusion – just where is the mistake in the "proof" and why does the argument break down there?

The number of nails of a given length is normally distributed with a mean length of 5.00 in, and a standard deviation of 0.03 in. find the number of nails in a bag of 120 that are less than 4.94 in. long.

Bugs bunny was 33 meters below ground, digging his way toward pismo beach, when he realized he wanted to be above ground. he turned and dug through the dirt diagonally for 80 meters until he was above ground