Road Sign Math

This truly whacky sign comes to us from the “father of whacky signs”, David Slauenwhite. Messr. Slauenwhite was the first to bring constants to Road Sign Math, and the first to bring trigonometry and he returns with this zinger of a sign.

At first glance David was excited to see this sign, thinking that there was a very elegant arithmatical solution to it. Alas, it was short by 1. (Figuring that solution out is left as an exercise to the reader.) In fact, that solution would have been easily provided if the highway department would have been proper enough to indicate Blossburg’s actual distance, which is just far enough away to deserve that precious 1.

You could wonder why Blossburg was denied that “1″. It is a city with a rich heritage, mainly in the coal industry. For all that it has done for the country, you would think it would be provided it’s “1″.

David was not deterred though, and remembered that 240 is a multiple of 30 and with some trigonometry and a 30-60-90 triangle provides the very exciting solution.

This sign is at the US-15 exit for Blossburg in Pennsylvania. The GPS coordinates are approximately N41 40 26.0 W77 04 22.0. See sign on map!

Ed.: The box in white is a zoom of the little white signs in the original image. This sign follows a continuing trend of Messr. Slauenwhites. He has developed an expertise around these very small signs typically with very large numbers on them.