Also, believe it or not, the temperature affects the battery. Summer is best for maximum life. Is Sonia a “lead foot” or does she like to speed? That will affect how much range she will get. Finally, is the road flat or are there hills to climb? Again, that is a factor in battery charge. I drive my electric car at 54 mph. That is the optimal speed for battery productivity. Not only do I get more battery life, but I also never worry about speed traps, and I always (no kidding) meet the hot foot driver at the next light.
If you use a $10,000 government subsidy to buy a $70,000 Electric vehicle and then use subsidized charging stations to transfer wealth from others to charge your car, how much have you ripped off from other taxpayers?
When your EV battery dies and you have to shell out $20,000 to replace it in 5 years, how many people will you blame besides yourself?
When the carbon footprint for using your EV is not reduced one cintilla, how many hours a day will you still virtue signal?
When you can’t drive from one state to another without an over night stay in a hotel, and when your social credit score shuts down your ability to charge and you are stranded will you finally realize the whole thing was a scam? Likely not.
The EVs come with charge indicators that can tell you that. And, if you have the phone app for your car, you phone can also. For this problem we also need to know how far to Grandma’s house.
“If a chicken and a half, lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how long would it take a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?” – Harry Anderson.
The answer is Sonia is a GOOD PERSON because she has an EV. If Zoe answers this way she will get an “A”. That’s how all math problems are designed these days. Not for mathematics so much as philosophy.
Is it single phase or 3 phase socket? And what’s the battery’s maximum kwh intake? And as other people noted, what’s the starting charge? Definitely need more data.
40Kwh = 40,000 watts / hour.85% of 40,000 = 34,000 watts / hour, which leaves 6,000 watts (6Kwh) left to charge.240Volts x 30 amps = 7,200 watts (or 7.2Kwh) rate of charge.It will take .833 hours to charge, which is 49.998 minutes.OK, I am a nerd…
C almost 2 years ago
Insufficient data
allen@home almost 2 years ago
I was never very good at math. Today i’d be worse than a dinosaur.
capricorn9th almost 2 years ago
What?? Whoa. What a whopper of a math problem.
danketaz Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Given that Grandma has moved to Hawaii, do never work for you?
retrocool almost 2 years ago
twice as long.
cholomanaba almost 2 years ago
given that math reasoning…. how many pills will cure my headache?
Templo S.U.D. almost 2 years ago
Anyone noticed that Wren isn’t fully colored? She looks albino.
Ricky Bennett almost 2 years ago
She can’t. The wolf ate grandma…
Blu Bunny almost 2 years ago
Too long! Grandma could die by that time.
zmech13 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
At least it’s a more relevant word problem than asking when two trains will pass each other.
cubswin2016 almost 2 years ago
This is much too complicated for the comics page. I need to move on to the next comic to recover.
iggyman almost 2 years ago
Answer to that problem: A while!
dlkrueger33 almost 2 years ago
Take a cab.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member almost 2 years ago
And don’t forget to factor in regenerative braking!
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member almost 2 years ago
But if Sonia is driving a new Aptera with solar charging and 1000 mile range, just go now!
domscom almost 2 years ago
Also, believe it or not, the temperature affects the battery. Summer is best for maximum life. Is Sonia a “lead foot” or does she like to speed? That will affect how much range she will get. Finally, is the road flat or are there hills to climb? Again, that is a factor in battery charge. I drive my electric car at 54 mph. That is the optimal speed for battery productivity. Not only do I get more battery life, but I also never worry about speed traps, and I always (no kidding) meet the hot foot driver at the next light.
oakie817 almost 2 years ago
why didn’t Sonia have it plugged in overnight?
colddonkey almost 2 years ago
Depends on how far away gram lives and if there are any charging stations along the way.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 2 years ago
It’s 20 minutes, of course.
Free or Not? Premium Member almost 2 years ago
If you use a $10,000 government subsidy to buy a $70,000 Electric vehicle and then use subsidized charging stations to transfer wealth from others to charge your car, how much have you ripped off from other taxpayers?
When your EV battery dies and you have to shell out $20,000 to replace it in 5 years, how many people will you blame besides yourself?
When the carbon footprint for using your EV is not reduced one cintilla, how many hours a day will you still virtue signal?
When you can’t drive from one state to another without an over night stay in a hotel, and when your social credit score shuts down your ability to charge and you are stranded will you finally realize the whole thing was a scam? Likely not.
Ignatz Premium Member almost 2 years ago
How old is she to be getting problems like that?
MS72 almost 2 years ago
The answers are in the back of the textbook.
V45mikky almost 2 years ago
30 Amps times 240 volts = 7.2 kilo watts. 85% of 40kwh = 34Kwh 7.2 into 34 = 4.72 hours
pheets almost 2 years ago
Recalculating..
ctolson almost 2 years ago
Kind of like if Mary gives Bob two apples, Susan 3 apples, and Pete gives Mary two oranges, how many pieces of fruit does Mary have left.
Teto85 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
The EVs come with charge indicators that can tell you that. And, if you have the phone app for your car, you phone can also. For this problem we also need to know how far to Grandma’s house.
dputhoff62 almost 2 years ago
That last panel is scary!
Camiyami Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Is this even a solvable problem??
198.23.5.11 almost 2 years ago
That’s a “Peppermint Patty” problem.
timinwsac Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I’m sure there’s an app for that, no need to do the math.
Daltongang Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Here’s one for you Zoe, for extra credit…….
“If a chicken and a half, lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how long would it take a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?” – Harry Anderson.
raybarb44 almost 2 years ago
Hopefully soon…..
misslaurastoyroom almost 2 years ago
Why is Wren white?
jconnors3954 almost 2 years ago
Remember—it’s a comic— is it funny or prophetic or both?
LJZ Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Too late to ‘bump’ this comet, Wanda:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/26/climate/un-climate-pledges-warming.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20221026&instance_id=75668&nl=the-morning®i_id=60298036&segment_id=111080&te=1&user_id=38a358f7c13a2bfe5fac63cf9268ee41
Will E. Makeit Premium Member almost 2 years ago
as long as it takes her to call mom and dad to come and get her in their gas powered SUV?
LNER4472 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
This is not a “math” problem; this is a high-school-level (at minimum) physics problem.
(Inasmuch as about 80% of physics boils down to your ability to use math, however…..)
phlash almost 2 years ago
Charger info is irrelevant. 85% of 40 is around 34… Average EV gets 100mi in 34.6kiloWatts so we just need to know the distance
Hamunaptrasecret2002 almost 2 years ago
What B.S
mako887 almost 2 years ago
I hated these stupid math problems.
John Jorgensen almost 2 years ago
We need to know how far her grandma’s house is, and what the car’s range is when fully charged.
Also, Wren’s looking awfully pale.
eladee AKA Wally almost 2 years ago
The answer is Sonia is a GOOD PERSON because she has an EV. If Zoe answers this way she will get an “A”. That’s how all math problems are designed these days. Not for mathematics so much as philosophy.
Liam Astle Premium Member almost 2 years ago
That math problem is problematic against people who can’t afford electric vehicles.
Free Radical almost 2 years ago
The idiot Florida governor was right, CRT IS in the kids math books! /s
Moonpie almost 2 years ago
immediately, by hopping in her boy friends 66 Mustang.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs almost 2 years ago
Maximum time is charging from zero to 85% of 40 kilowatt hours.
Energy input is 240 volts times 30 amps times time required to reach 85% of 40 kilowatt hours or 34 kilowatt hours.
240 volts times 30 amps equals 7200 volt amps equals 7200 watts equals 7.2 kilowatts or 7.2 kilowatt hours per hour.
34 kilowatt hours divided by 7.2 kilowatt hours per hour is 4 hours 43 minutes twenty seconds maximum. (Give or take)
davidnavar almost 2 years ago
My calculator says “ERROR”
lance Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Is it single phase or 3 phase socket? And what’s the battery’s maximum kwh intake? And as other people noted, what’s the starting charge? Definitely need more data.
gregginid almost 2 years ago
See if I got it right…
40Kwh = 40,000 watts / hour.85% of 40,000 = 34,000 watts / hour, which leaves 6,000 watts (6Kwh) left to charge.240Volts x 30 amps = 7,200 watts (or 7.2Kwh) rate of charge.It will take .833 hours to charge, which is 49.998 minutes.OK, I am a nerd…
The Quiet One almost 2 years ago
Forget that. You lost me at 240v 30amp source.
godloveskaylahyu almost 2 years ago
Wrens face is all White
Stat_man99 almost 2 years ago
How far is Grandma’s house? That would be an important part of the equation.
A better question (instead of how long it would take to go to Grandma’s house) would be how long until the battery explodes….
DevilDog2001 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
It was an asteroid, Wanda.
DaBump Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Yes. Yes, it is. Prepare to meet your Maker.
reedmamber13 almost 2 years ago
Where’s wrens color lol
ZidaneZ almost 2 years ago
Wren’s looking a little pale, there…
ToneeRhianRose almost 2 years ago
I always hated those types of math problems!
lesbian4life7997 almost 2 years ago
What happened to wren?
Arlyn almost 2 years ago
What happened to wren?
bobbyburns89 2 months ago
look at wrens face
Stormy The Cat 15 days ago
whys is wrens skin white?