GEOMETRY

Recently, I have been assisting my daughter with her physics homework. I do not want to overstate my effectiveness as a tutor. I help her most when she can mostly explain things to me, and show me some problems worked out by her teacher. I can understand just enough to offer some mild insights and help her help herself. Recently, I have been thinking about physics. For example, yesterday on the treadmill, I was wondering how much my imaginary elevator gain would have been after spending 60 minutes walking at a 15% grade. On second thought, perhaps this is just geometry. I have been doing some geometry studying as well.

Calculating the Elevation Gain

Yesterday, I spent 60 minutes on the treadmill, walking at a slow 2.5 mph pace with an incline set to 15. (As high as the treadmill would allow) I divided the percent grade by 100 which is .15. Then I multiplied the number of miles walked, 2.55 by 5,280 to yield equivalent distances in feet. 2.55 x 5,280 = 13,464 feet.

0.15 x 13464 = 2019.6 feet of climbing.

Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Essential Everyday - Butter Flavored Grits	500	105	5	10	1,700	5
Trader Joes Strawberry Cereal Bar, 1 bar	140	28	3	2	90	17
	640	133	8	12	1,790	22
L U N C H
Read - 3 Bean Salad	600	130	0	10	3,000	80
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich	300	24	13	7	122	13
	900	154	13	17	3,122	93
D I N N E R
Sushi - Salmon Avocado	600	83	17	26	0	0
	600	83	17	26	0	0
Totals	2,140	370	38	55	4,912	115
Your Daily Goal	3,345	418	111	168	2,300	125
Remaining	1,205	48	73	113	-2,612	10
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

       Your Exercise Diary for:

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
8.75 mile urban hike	142	1,394
treadmill, 2.5mph 15% Grade	60	582
Daily Total / Goal	202 / 30	1,976 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	328 / 210	3,226 / 4,130

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