not if the backups are all down. no power means no power.
>A rope lying over the top of a fence is the same length on each side. It
>weighs one third of a pound per foot. On one end hangs a monkey holding a
>banana, and on the other end a weight equal to the weight of the monkey.
>The banana weighs two ounces per inch. The rope is as long (in feet) as
>the age of the monkey (in years), and the weight of the monkey (in ounces)
>is the same as the age of the monkey's mother. The combined age of the
>monkey and its mother is thirty years. One half of the weight of the monkey,
>plus the weight of the banana, is one forth as much as the weight of the
>weight and the weight of the rope. The monkey's mother is half as old as
>the monkey will be when it is three times as old as its mother was when she
>she was half as old as the monkey will be when when it is as old as its mother
>will be when she is four times as old as the monkey was when it was twice
>as its mother was when she was one third as old as the monkey was when it
>was old as is mother was when she was three times as old as the monkey was
>when it was one fourth as old as it is now. How long is the banana?
Solution:
The answer is 5.75 inches long.
Let A = age of the monkey now and
let M = age of his Mother.
Then A + M = 30.
From the long sentence,
M = .5(3(.5(4(2((1/3)(3(.25A))))))
Solving simultaneously, 2.5 A = 30
so A = 12 (the age of the monkey) and
M = 18 (the age of the monkey's mother).
So the weight of the monkey is 18 oz.
The length of the rope is 12 feet.
The rope weighs 2 pounds.
The weight weighs 18 ounces.
The banana weighs 11.5 ounces, so
the banana is 5.75 inches long.