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How many words are there in the daily edition of The Times? How many songs are stored on iPods in the UK? How many spikes
are there on the back of a hedgehog? These and other provocative questions await you, in preparation for your interview with
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HEDGEHOG
Howmanyspikesarethereonthebackofahedgehog?
Answeringthisquestionrequiresansweringanumberofsubquestions(SQ):
Question1:Howdoyoudefinethe'back'ofahedgehog?
Possiblesolutions:
Coulddefinethisasthewholeareauponwhichspikescanbefound
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Couldbethewholeareathatisnotincontactwiththeground
Couldbeanareainasimilarproportiontothecircumferenceofthehedgehog(whenviewedfromabove)butofsmallersizei.e.theareaaround
itcanbedescribedasthesidesratherthantheback
Let'sgowiththelatteroptionandtrytodeterminetheareaofthat
Question2:Whatistheareaoftheback?
Estimatingthesize/shapeofahedgehog,youcouldsayitcouldbeheldcomfortablyinyourhands:
EllipsoidinshapesoEllipticwhenviewedfromabove
20cminlength
16cminwidth
Assumingthatthecurvatureofthehedgehogis'smooth'betweenthebackandsidesandsothebackendsandsidestartshalfwaybetween
centreandoutsideoftheellipse:
thelengthofthebackis10cm(radiusL=5cm)
thewideofthebackis8cm(radiusW=4cm)
Forsimplicity,assumethesurfaceareaofthebackwhenflattenedisofsimilarsize
Usingthestandardformulaefortheareaofanellipse,theareaofthebackofthehedgehog=Pi*radiusL*radiusW=3.14*5*4~=63cm2
Question3:Howmanyspikesareinaspecificareaoftheback?
Let'sconsideranareaof1cm2asthespecificarea
Spikesaremuchthinkerthanhumanhairssolet'sassumethatthewidthofaspikeis1mm
Assumingthatthespikesarepackedtogetherandeachtakesupanareaofabout1mm2,thenthetotalnumberofspikesin1cm2is100
FinalStep:Howmanyspikesarethereonthebackofahedgehog?
Let'sassumethatthedensityofspikesisuniformacrosstheback
Givenatotalareaof63cm2onthebackand100spikeswithineach1cm2,thetotalnumberofspikesisapproximately6,300
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