Question

You are a member of a space crew stranded on the moon. Your ship is damaged and you must travel 200 miles to return to base camp. There are 15 items that have been salvaged from the wreck of the crashed ship and your task is to rank these in order of value in assisting you to return to base camp.

Items:

• box of matches
• stellar map (of moon’s constellations)
• food concentrate
• self-inflating life raft
• 50 feet of nylon rope
• magnetic compass
• parachute silk
• solar-powered portable heating unit
• signal flares
• first-aid kit containing injection needles
• two .45-caliber pistols
• two 100-pound tanks of oxygen
• 1 case dehydrated milk
• solar-powered FM receiver-transmitter
• 5 gallons of water

Steps:

Use number 1 for the most important item, number 2 for the second most important item, and so on to number 15 for the least important item. Post your ranking in the discussion forum.

Answer 1

I have given below the Ranking as per the question.please go through it.

1.Most important item is two 100-pound tanks of oxygen because survival is important

2.5 gallons of water

3.stellar map (of moon’s constellations)

4.food concentrate

5.solar-powered FM receiver-transmitter

6.50 feet of nylon rope

7.first-aid kit containing injection needles

8.parachute silk

9.self-inflating life raft

10.signal flares

11. two .45-caliber pistols

12.1 case dehydrated milk

13.solar-powered portable heating unit

14.magnetic compass

15. box of matches. its least important because no oxygen to sustain flame.