Flashing Root

Flashing Root
Found by	RanWiz
City
State	Wyoming
Country	United States
Continent	North America
Posted on	Aug 19, 2005
Map Location	43° 50' 56" N, 104° 11' 2" W
Numbers	16, 4
Type	Advanced
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After a very long spell of signs from the northeastern states we finally return to the heartland of America, where one could argue the hunt for mathematically significant roadsigns may be harder as is life in general, with this first sign from Wyoming . This is also the first white informational sign to show it's mathematical connections. During the summer this sign lies dormant, but in winter when large amounts of snow dump into the Black Hills this sign plays a crucial role, protecting drivers as they voyage into the higher elevations. Randy Weiss brings this sign to us from an amazingly long road trip.

I haven't done the analysis, but I suspect that the square root function is the most commonly used function in roadsigns. Here the square is very identifiable.

$\sqrt {16} = 4$

This sign is found just as you leave Newcastle, WY and head into the Black Hills.