Running the numbers

Title: Running the numbers

Published: Wed, 15 Apr 2009

Description: (Boston Globe) Possible answers to improbable questions about the Boston Marathon. By Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

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" Apparently equation is kind of a street fighting mathematics technique Jaime -- and."

" Reasons Amelie please apparently -- nuclear."

" Not just trying to do the best you can. Trying to ask me different qualities. If you added up all the foot falls of the runners during the Boston Marathon. "

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" Roughly about a three point -- there are about -- dual -- probably. Three point. Three on the."

" Six physics how many commerce do you -- with new tires from all the rubber rubbed off on the roads from the runner's shoes yeah."

" How many comics and out of his -- on the Gaza how many hundreds began coverage out yeah I doubt that all about her run -- on the road runner issues."

" When he six point two mile usage of forever fifteenth. Old more classic which is. About one."

" Almost booted. If all the mylar speech blanket transformed into helium balloons how many runners could you lift off the ground."

" When -- at least a couple but see that's the 38000. Mile -- intensity. Fifteen point four grams total. About -- half runners."

" Apparently these questions curious how much extra daylight -- Bostonians and -- and April 20. Because the runners are racing west east thereby slowing down the rotation of the year how much."

" Extra mile Amazon can enjoy my client and Obama and at least -- because honestly -- I literally me and I think you have heard it by slowing down imitation."

" That's that's quality interest in coming up how much. In -- Overall you have the earth which is rotating and then the runners -- running. Western east and slowed down here a little bit the moment of inertia of the rest of the earth is six times ten of the 24. This numbered. Numbers that mean over the course -- four -- race the law should be about four point four times tend negative."

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" Well I don't like Alex -- yeah. During the race."

" And that's pretty girls but average person's what's one point 25 leaders per hour one million fluid ounces and can --"

" I like my martini glasses filled with Martinis with Dubai why and a seen."

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