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To: SampleMan

The test as originally transcribed did not say ‘$20 per meter’ but “$20 per m’:

I suspect that ‘m’ did not mean meters but a thousand board feet (as used on this page: http://ezinearticles.com/?id=1886359 )

In which case (assuming 1-inch boards) the answer would be 40 * 16 * $20 / 1000 = $12.80. Comments?

52 posted on 03/30/2009 12:03:18 PM PDT by Sloth (The tree of liberty desperately needs watering.)

To: Sloth; SampleMan; wbill; edzo4; bert; Pikachu_Dad; lacrew

Oops, meant to ping everyone that was discussing meters...

53 posted on 03/30/2009 12:05:08 PM PDT by Sloth (The tree of liberty desperately needs watering.)

To: Sloth

$20 would have been fantastically expensive per meter in 1895, so there is definately good reason to think that it is perhaps not referencing meters.

54 posted on 03/30/2009 12:05:57 PM PDT by SampleMan (Socialism and Liberty are mutually exclusive.)

To: Sloth

Ah ha. Now that would make sense. I think you just aced that question.

That would be a perfectly practical question for that era.

63 posted on 04/03/2009 5:11:55 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad

To: Sloth

I suspect that ‘m’ did not mean meters but a thousand board feet (as used on this page: http://ezinearticles.com/?id=1886359 )

You are correct. That is what it means.

68 posted on 04/03/2009 9:04:56 PM PDT by reaganaut (ex-mormon, now Christian. "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")

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