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re: Math Riddle: How much string would you add....
Posted on 7/25/14 at 10:11 pm to foshizzle
Posted on 7/25/14 at 10:11 pm to foshizzle
quote:Pick your poison.... feet, inches, millimeters. I intentionally stated the question in miles to throw the non-analytical dogs off the scent and screw with their heads. You could certainly state the answer as 0.00118939393 miles, but that would look impractical in terms of this riddle and what the average rantard is used to on a day to day basis and would resonate with them.
No - the unit of measurement is irrelevant to the solution.
This post was edited on 7/25/14 at 10:13 pm
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Posted on 7/25/14 at 10:15 pm to tigerpawl
It depends on the "plus 1" unit. It's 2 pi :insertunit: that's what he means. Your calculations are tedious and unnecessary.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 7:58 am to foshizzle
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Therefore, adding 1 foot to the circumference means this is now 2pi * (r+1) = (2pi*r) + 2pi
The extra amount of string required is therefore 2pi times the additional height, in this case 2pi feet.
How do you derive 2pi * (x). where x is the additional height from (2pi*r) + 2pi?
Posted on 7/26/14 at 8:59 am to tigerpawl
This thread is both hilarious and sad.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 9:17 am to tigerpawl
That's just like a woman. I just ran a MFing string around the whole damn earth for you, and of course...it's not good enough. Now you want it to be 1 foot off the ground. Nothing is ever good enough for you.
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