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From: padraig@utastro.UUCP (Padraig Houlahan)
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Subject: Re: The Mathematics of Powerlifting and the case of the Ultrasaur
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Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 11:46:11 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  4 11:46:11 1985
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>                All of this being given, let's see what  the ultrasaur would
>           need by  way of  a radius  for his thigh muscles in order to lift
>           his 300,000 lb bulk off the ground, first assuming that his front
>           and rear  leg-pairs were  each lifting  150,000 lbs.  Considering
>           the ultrasuar's load  on  one  leg  pair  to  be  150  times that
>           required by the human,  the equation becomes:
> 
>                Ultrasaur           Heavyweight Powerlifter
> 
>           K * pie * (R ** 2)  =    K * pie * 150 * (5 ** 2)
> 
>           R ** 2              =    3750
> 
>           R  = 61.
> 

Is this a case of pie in the thigh?   :-)

Padraig Houlahan.