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re: It's time for the annual "O-T Geometry Challenge"

Posted on 3/16/24 at 8:34 am to
Posted by OBReb6
Memphissippi
Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 3/16/24 at 8:34 am to
Getting 6.2832 ft even though that doesn’t seem right.
Posted by Gravitiger
Member since Jun 2011
11574 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 8:35 am to
You just stretch the string a little.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 3/16/24 at 8:39 am to
The point of the problem IMO it to challenge our intuition. Without doing the math most people (including myself) feel like you would need a lot more string than an additional 6.28 (of 2pi) feet.
This post was edited on 3/16/24 at 8:40 am
Posted by tigerpawl
Can't get there from here.
Member since Dec 2003
22628 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 8:42 am to
quote:

Ask how much if the sphere is the size of basketball.
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
138408 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 8:50 am to
It’s still 2pi. Or 6.2ish feet.

Math be crazy like that. And very very racist.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
133811 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 8:54 am to
Since we are talking about spheres, did you know that after the 6 dimension the volume decreases to infinitely small as the spacial dimensions increase? At least that what the math says. This assumes that the rules of math in our three dimensional world are the same in other dimensions.


Here is another fun fact. The surface area of a sphere is the same as 4 times the area of a circle with the same radius.
This post was edited on 3/16/24 at 9:03 am
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
138408 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 8:54 am to
If the world were a square or rectangle , you would need 8 feet of additional rope.

No matter the size of the square.
Posted by rexorotten
Missouri
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Posted on 3/16/24 at 9:00 am to
Posted by Tridentds
Sugar Land
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Posted on 3/16/24 at 9:13 am to
Nicely done!
Posted by DMAN1968
Member since Apr 2019
11856 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 9:18 am to
quote:

The angle of the dangle is equal to the heat of the meat.

Means nothing without the girth factor.
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
8754 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 9:27 am to
"provided the mass of the arse remains constant"
Posted by Kmit58
Member since Dec 2020
118 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 9:32 am to
6.283 feet
Posted by dkreller
Laffy
Member since Jan 2009
32514 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 9:33 am to
2pir=131,000,000

r=131,000,000/2pi

2pi(r+1)=new circumference

New circumference - 131,000,000 = answer
Posted by rundmcrun
Member since Jan 2024
300 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 9:37 am to
2 pi feet
Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
84097 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 9:40 am to
Oh, sorry. I thought it said, "Gynecology Challenge".
Carry on.
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
7065 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 10:42 am to
40,576 additional feet of string

ETA I’m dumb and used the area formula
This post was edited on 3/16/24 at 10:44 am
Posted by BFIV
Virginia
Member since Apr 2012
8353 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 10:45 am to
Ah, I see you speak and write Klingon. Impressive!
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
57844 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 10:48 am to
quote:

The angle of the dangle is equal to the heat of the meat.


I thought it was directly proportional. Hell, I don’t know.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
65896 posts
Posted on 3/16/24 at 10:52 am to
Your biggest concern is how are you going to elevate a piece of string 1 foot above the ground and or ocean .
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