Best Game Eva' - Let's Calculate Gross Tonnage of Imaginary Ships! - The Drunken stepFORUM - A place to discuss your worthless opinions

#1 03-19-2014, 02:21 PM

If you've seen my posts around some of the threads, you should know that I can only play here during the day on my phone. And really more in the afternoon.

Part of my new hobbies are perusing random Wikipedia articles. I stumbled upon this gem and decided it will be great to make a game out of it.

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After you answer, you will need to supply the next ship's volume in cubic meters for the next person to take a turn.

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So here's how to play:

Player before you will give "V" which again is the ship's total volume in cubic meters (m³).

First you then need to find "K" which is a multiplier based on the ship volume. This is calculated with a formula which uses the common or base-10 logarithm:

K = 0.2 + 0.02 × log10(V)

Once V and K are known, gross tonnage is calculated using the formula, whereby GT is a function of V:

GT = K × V

So since the "player" before me gave me 10,000 for "V", I'm now ready to go.

Step 1
K = 0.2 + 0.02 × log10(V)
= 0.2 + 0.02 × log10(10,000)
= 0.2 + 0.02 × 4
= 0.2 + 0.08
= 0.28

Step 2

GT = K × V
= 0.28 × 10,000
= 2,800

The answer is 2,800...WOO!!

Alright yo, let's find the GT of a ship with a volume of 69,000 cubic meters!

#2 03-19-2014, 02:38 PM

Step 1
K = 0.2 + 0.02 × log10(V)
= 0.2 + 0.02 × log10(69,000)
= 0.2 + 0.02 × 4.839
= 0.2 + 0.0968
= 0.2968

Step 2

GT = K × V
= 0.2968 × 69,000
= 20,479

The answer is 20,479...WOO!!

Alright yo, let's find the GT of a ship with a volume of 30,000 cubic meters!

Beard · #3 03-19-2014, 04:29 PM

Me thinks you desperately need to get well and truly laid. ;-)

MrGoutHimself · #4 03-19-2014, 04:33 PM

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#5 03-19-2014, 06:25 PM

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Are you offering?

Even better would be a Sybian, my boyfriend and the fortune to never have to leave my house.

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*cough* You forgot to give V for the next person. *cough*

#6 03-19-2014, 06:53 PM

You forgot the capital Q.

#7 03-19-2014, 07:09 PM

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That's your game.

I've given up hope of anyone continuing with my "delicate" prompt.

That's why I had to make this one.

#8 03-19-2014, 07:39 PM

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Well, I'm not going to play my game. It's stupid. but your game makes my brain hurt.

#9 03-19-2014, 07:44 PM

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It's actually super easy if you have the tools.

Like this here handy dandy log 10 calculator.

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#10 03-19-2014, 08:59 PM

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It needs a Q.