Date: Mon Oct 14 06:26:07 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April,
I think the lighting is 6.4 miles away. I know because if it takes 5 seconds for sound to travel a mile and it took 32 seconds for her to hear the thunder I divided 32 by 5 and I got 6 2/5. Then i changed 2/5 to .4 and I got 6.4 miles.
Jennifer
Date: Fri Oct 18 06:17:45 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April,
The answer to challenge problem number 1 is 1056 feet. Because sound travels a mile im 5 seconds and a mile is 5280 feet. I divided 5280 by 5 and got my answer: 1056 ft. If you have tried to cotact me between this mesage and the last one I have not got it. Just so you know. Jennifer. P.S. I have a dog named April.
Date: Fri Oct 18 06:33:21 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April,
The answer to challenge problem 2 part a is 6,000 times pher minute. I multiplied 100 because it is how oftenlighting hits the earth pher second, by 60 because their are 60 seconds in a minute. and got my answer 6,000 times. The answer to challenge problem 2 part b is 360,000 times pher hour. I multiplied 6,000, because it is how many times lighting hits pher minute, by 60 because their are 60 minutes in a hour. Jennifer
Date: Fri Oct 18 15:01:58 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Instructor Comments: April,
Where is your response? As you can see, your student is waiting.
Dr. Bowers
Date: Tue Oct 22 16:07:00 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Mentor Reply: Hi Jennifer, I'm sorry that did not reply to you sooner and I will responder sooner next time. You did a great job and got the correct answer. Can you explain to me a little more why you divided 32 by 5? I look forward to hearing from you soon. -April
Date: Tue Oct 22 16:22:09 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Mentor Reply: Hi Jennifer, Your answer to challenge problem 1 is correct. Can you tell me why you divided 5280 by 5? -April
Date: Tue Oct 22 16:28:17 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Mentor Reply: Jennifer, you did a great job explaining how you solved for challenge problem 2 and you got the right answers again. The other four parts of challenge problem 2 are solved the same as part a and b, you should give them a try. I look forward to seeing your answers.
April
Date: Tue Oct 22 16:33:47 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Mentor Reply: My dog's name is Verdell. What kind of dog do you have?
Date: Tue Oct 22 16:35:01 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Mentor Reply: My dog's name is Verdell. What kind of dog do you have?
Date: Wed Oct 23 14:09:58 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April, I divided 32 by 5 because it takes 5 seconds for sound to travel a mile. I divided 5280 by 5 because 5280 feet is a mile and sound travels a mile in 5 seconds so 1/5 of a mile would be how many ft. it traveled pher second. My dog April is a shetland sheep dog, they look just like mini collies, what kind is Verdell? Jennifer
Date: Wed Oct 23 15:20:32 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April, The answer to challenge problem 2 part c is 11,640,000. I multiplied 360,000 because it is how many times lightning hits the earth pher hour and 24 because there are 24 hours in a day and got my answer. The answer to challenge problem 2 part d is 81,480,000. I multiplied 11,640,000 because it is how many times lightning hits the earth pher day, and 7 because there are 7 days in a week. Jennifer
Date: Wed Oct 23 16:27:08 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear April, The answer to challenge question 2 part e is 325,920,000. I multiplied 81,480,000 because it is how often lightning strikes pher week, and 4 because there are 4 weeks in a month. The answer to challenge problem 2 part f is 3,911,090,000. I multiplied 325,920,000 because it is how often lightning strikes pher months by 12 because there are 12 months in a year. Jennifer P.S. do you know what P.S. stands for?
Date: Sat Oct 26 11:50:45 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jennifer
Mentor Reply: Hi Jennifer and how are you today? You did a great job with this problem and got all the correct answers. You also did well explaining how you solved them. Verdell is a Yorkshire terrier; he weighs only 5 pounds. See you later.
-April
P.S. I think that P.S. stands for post script.
