Now, this trucker doesn't remember how to find the area under a curve using calculus, so he came up with an elegant way, using simple math and household items, of getting a close approximation of fuel on board when the yardstick shows six inches of fuel .

How did he do it?

He used his household computer to post the question to a geeky BBS?
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