Road Sign Math

Randy Weiss saw this mathematically significant roadsign and knew instantly that it smacked of Avogadro’s Number! He pulled off the highway and ferreted the back streets to find a view of the sign.

Mr. Weiss had to hunker down for a while to get the math to work out though. Elegant? No. But it does work.
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Randy Weiss puts another sign on the map for Rhose Island, only a few miles from the Coventry sign. Rhose Island may be a small state, but it makes the entire country proud with it’s mathematically significant roadsigns and how approachable they are, especially for children. Bravo Ocean State!

The math here is exciting because [...]

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The Ocean State makes it’s first entry into road sign math with this very straightforward sign submitted by Randy Weiss. Rhose Island is an amazingly small state. When was the last time you looked at a map of it? It’s a little sliver off of the ocean. The entire state is only 1,545 square miles!

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