Mathematically, how do you work out 'three quarter pace"?
Let's say (for the sake of easy calculations) your best time for an event is 1 minute. In practice, you want to go three quarter pace. So a 100% effort will result in a time of 60 seconds. A 75% effort should result in a longer time. My rudimentary maths tells me I should divide 100 by 75 and multiply the result by 60. That works out to 80 seconds, which is a minute and 20 seconds. Why does that sound much slower than what I would normally envisage three quarter pace to be? Or is my maths completely messed up?
I was also taught that gas is actually petrol, colour is spelled with a 'u', the trunk of a car is a 'boot' and the hood a 'bonnet'.
I went to a British school in my teens when I lived overseas, and was forced to use spellings like colour and defence. While I was happy to study ALL maths, not just the one, I have to admit that their tendency to refer to erasers as "rubbers" was a little confusing to me in these formative years. ("You want to borrow my WHAT? And why would you think I would want it back?") :bolt:
I was also taught that gas is actually petrol, colour is spelled with a 'u', the trunk of a car is a 'boot' and the hood a 'bonnet'.
I went to a British school in my teens when I lived overseas, and was forced to use spellings like colour and defence. While I was happy to study ALL maths, not just the one, I have to admit that their tendency to refer to erasers as "rubbers" was a little confusing to me in these formative years. ("You want to borrow my WHAT? And why would you think I would want it back?") :bolt:
