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A builder sawed a uniform length of timber in half. Then he sawed each half in half. Then he sawed each of those pieces in half. If the original length weighed exactly two kilos, can you explain how much each final piece weighs?
Answer- Each piece is a little less than an eighth of the original because in the process of sawing some wood is lost as sawdust. Hence, each piece would weigh just a little less than a quarter of a kilo.
Author: Mark Scrivener
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Mark Started writing in teens. Studied 3 years at the Harkness Speech and Drama School. First play produced there when 20. Mark has had 12 productions in professional children's theatre and community theatre in Australia. Toured schools with solo poetry show.
25 years of performances as a performance poet.
Over 80 poems and other pieces published in Australian newspapers and magazines including The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, Quadrant Magazine, The Bulletin, Poetry Australia, and The School Magazine.
Children's poems published in Anthology by Thomas Nelson and Co.
In USA poems in Footwork: Paterson Literary Review '92.
Verse play Narrow Roads to Inner Lands broadcast on Oneword Radio UK December 2001.
Verse comedy The Worthy Master of the Law performed Chance Theater, Cal, USA 2002.
1996 BA, 1998 Master of Letters (high distinction) from University of New England (Armidale, NSW Australia).
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