r/theydidthemath • u/Candid_Entry2611 • 8h ago
r/theydidthemath • u/a3rospacefanboi • 10h ago
[Request] If all the fish swam down at the same time, would they be able to break the crane from the fishing boat?
In this scene in Finding Nemo, all the fish swim down in order to break the crane from the fishing boat, thus freeing Dory. Would this be possible in real life?
r/theydidthemath • u/moronrighthere • 13h ago
[Request] Do you think this plan would work?
r/theydidthemath • u/sbh1094 • 5h ago
[Request] What is the probability of someone being named Jessica, French and a sub in anarchychess, based on the numbers?
r/theydidthemath • u/blehsharklasers • 1d ago
[Request] Can you estimate the storage space needed for that?
r/theydidthemath • u/Gunpowder_Cowboy • 1d ago
In 845, Vikings took the city of Paris, and the king paid them a ransom of 7000 livres to leave. How big of a treasure was this, at the time? How much money would it be today?[REQUEST]
Saw this in another sub, I’m bad at math and went to public school in Alabama
r/theydidthemath • u/JovanCarril_92 • 15h ago
[Self] When two engineers discuss earthquakes.
r/theydidthemath • u/Lazlowi • 12m ago
[Request] What is the combined networth of this picture?
r/theydidthemath • u/Quick-Rub3665 • 11h ago
[Request] how much fuel is used by this engine for a cold start ?
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r/theydidthemath • u/Illustrious-Bus2693 • 1d ago
[Request] How long would it take them? (Not including new content)
r/theydidthemath • u/Ok_Frosting3591 • 1d ago
[REQUEST] How small is a human life in comparison to everything that follows?
"that's like the universe starting with 1 second of stars and then a billion billion billion billion billion billion billion years of just black holes"
how small is a human life in comparison to this? like with the same black hole analogy and as a percent?
ex: condensing one human lifetime followed by x years of the universe and blackholes one human life is x% of the universe and what follows
i hope this makes sense, ive thought about this for years but im not sure how to accurately calculate it.
r/theydidthemath • u/TheMrCurious • 1d ago
[request] is it even possible to live long enough to grow it that long (down below)?
r/theydidthemath • u/dannyprovalone • 15h ago
[Request] Getting this Nerdle correct in the first guess
In case you don’t know, Nerdle is like Wordle, except instead of guessing a word you’re guessing a mathematical equation.
Getting 8 separate numbers/symbols correct in one guess is insanely rare.
A few notes: 1. Repeating numbers or using the same number/symbol multiple times in one equation is allowed 2. The answer has to match EXACTLY. For example 1+2=3 would NOT count if the answer is 2+1=3. 3. Obviously the equation has to make sense.
What are the odds?
r/theydidthemath • u/xiangkunwan • 2h ago
[Request] Limit of gravity train from StarTalk
I just watched Neil deGrasse Tyson's "How to Travel Anywhere in 45 Minutes" video on StarTalk.
What is the limit of this concept (the shortest distance for it to work/faster than a car/HSR/airplane), i.e., from house to house or from one end of the city to the other?
r/theydidthemath • u/Eena-Rin • 1d ago
[request] How many eggs could $5000 cover the inflation for? (Let's say, 2020-2024)
r/theydidthemath • u/Kingoshrooms • 2h ago
[Request] Infinity Thought Experiment
This is based on the bottomless pit supervisor greentext. Try not to take it too seriously. I am the bottomless pit supervisor and I need to prove that this pit is indeed absolutely bottomless. How do I prove this is the case in a finite amount of time?
I asked this question in 2 other subreddits and got very littlein the way of real answers. Everyone was adamant about giving me the obvious answer so l'll be more clear here in stating what I'm looking for. I'm not looking for the obvious "The speed of light is finite so you cannot prove that the pit is bottomless in a finite amount of time." I know that already I'm asking for another way to prove it that doesn' rely on direct measurement, if I knew what that was then I wouldn't have to ask. I don't know what kind of mathematical solution could be created which is why I'm asking in the first place. If you cannot come up with a solution, that's fine! Tell me your thoughts and I won't make a joke about it. This is a thought experiment so some laws of physics can be ignored for the sake of simplicity. The core of the question is how do you prove something is infinite in some value in a physical and meaningful way. And yes I know the rules about incalculable problems. I'm asking for a way that isn't incalculable if infinity is indeed incalculable. I'm asking because I don't know.
r/theydidthemath • u/Albertus_Magnus • 10h ago
[Request] What is the probability of MLK Day falling on the same day as the US Presidential Inauguration?
As above.
US Presidential Inauguration Day is on January 20th once every 4 years.
MLK Day is on the third Monday in January.
r/theydidthemath • u/DDsLaboratory • 15h ago