Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
DOI
10.1119/1.5021446
Publication Title
The Physics Teacher
Volume
56
Issue
2
Pages
121-121
Abstract
How much fuel would it take to tow a large enough iceberg to Los Angeles to provide fresh water for the city for an entire year? (Thanks to John Adam of Old Dominion University and co-author of Guesstimation for suggesting the question.)
U.S.-based airlines lost 1.7 million pieces of luggage in 2016. How tall a mountain will this make? What is the probability an airline will lose our luggage on our next flight? (Thanks to John Adam of Old Dominion University and co-author of Guesstimation for suggesting the question.)
Rights
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This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in
Weinstein, L. (2018). Question 1: Iceberg to Los Angeles; Question 2: Lost Luggage. The Physics Teacher, 56(2), 121-121.
and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5021446.
Original Publication Citation
Weinstein, L. (2018). Question 1: Iceberg to Los Angeles; Question 2: Lost Luggage. The Physics Teacher, 56(2), 121-121. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5021446
ORCID
0000-0001-5416-2900 (Weinstein)
Repository Citation
Weinstein, Larry, "Question 1: Iceberg to Los Angeles, Question 2: Lost Luggage" (2018). Physics Faculty Publications. 1021.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/1021