r/theydidthemath • • 5h ago

[Request] How tall would the support tower have to be and how strong of a cable would you need for a Trans-Atlantic cable car?

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679 Upvotes

r/theydidthemath • • 17h ago

[Request] Electric cargo truck that never needs to be charged thanks to regenerative breaking

5.8k Upvotes

I guess the figures from the video are inflated, but does the principle still hold ? With current technology, do they really never need to charge the truck ?

The idea is that this Etruck goes uphill using it's battery, get loaded with a cargo doubling total weight of the truck then goes downhill and recharge the battery fully using regenerative breaking.


r/theydidthemath • • 57m ago

[Request] Could one person ever finish watching all of it?

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r/theydidthemath • • 20h ago

[Request] Would the cube really be millions of degrees?

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5.9k Upvotes

Also would you be full? What would happen if you tried to eat it?

I suppose that first question could be disregarded if the grilled cheese cube is in fact millions of degrees lol

Feel free to answer it anyway tho!

Edit: Phrasing


r/theydidthemath • • 12h ago

[Self] Is this joke accurate?

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1.1k Upvotes

So I was wondering if you would resize a snail to this big (putting aside why physics would not allow that) what would it's speed be. For my scenario I wanted to assume a length to speed ratio. I chose a fairly average snail that's basically a 4 by 4 cm square for ease of calculation. I've read that max speed of snails on competitions is usually around 2 mm/s (average speed is 1 mm/s, but I want a top athlete snail to be upscaled to give it some advantage).

In the picture the tallest building, which seems to be the same height as the snail looks to me like a 5 storey high building, google says average 5 storey building are 15 m high. So the upscaled snail is 15 m long. If the 4 cm snail can go 2 mm in a second it means it can go 1/20 of it's length per second.

15 m divided by 20 is 75 cm/s which is 2,7 km/h (1.67 mph). That is actually a very casual walking speed. Even if the building is twice as tall, that would still be within walking speed. Joke approved. Cool.


r/theydidthemath • • 2h ago

[Off-Site] Someone folded the new iPhone 75000 times

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42 Upvotes

The new iPhone Fold apparently breaks after 75,001 folds but this Xitter user has their doubts.


r/theydidthemath • • 4h ago

[Request] What’s the longest my shadow can be? Where and when would I have to stand?

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59 Upvotes

Waiting for the bus this morning got me wondering how long my shadow can be, unobstructed.

My first thought would be a sunrise on Mt. Everest but only at a certain hour my shadow would appear down the cliff side. Maybe the Salt-Flats? Vast distances of calm bodies of water?

I’ve been pondering this all day, can’t figure it out. Thoughts?


r/theydidthemath • • 57m ago

[Request] ignoring all nutritional needs and physical limitations aside from calories, approximately how many PB&J sandwiches would it take to sustain a blue whale from birth to death by old age?

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r/theydidthemath • • 3h ago

[request] Would it really get 160 grams lighter?

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24 Upvotes

r/theydidthemath • • 18h ago

[Request] Is this true? Where does 1/e comes from?

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266 Upvotes

r/theydidthemath • • 11h ago

[Request] Could this actually happen in real life?

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52 Upvotes

r/theydidthemath • • 14h ago

[Request] How long/high up is this escalator going?

62 Upvotes

Seems to be never ending


r/theydidthemath • • 1d ago

[Request] Can anyone workout how fast that spiders strike is?

294 Upvotes

r/theydidthemath • • 6h ago

[request] how fast is the ball going and how far could it get

7 Upvotes

r/theydidthemath • • 1d ago

[Request] Can someone check if this is actually true?

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963 Upvotes

r/theydidthemath • • 22h ago

How many mosquitoes would it take to suck the entire human population dry? [request]

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79 Upvotes

r/theydidthemath • • 13h ago

[Request] How strong is Lara Croft?

14 Upvotes

She can push and pull 2m*2m*2m block of bricks. What would be the weight of such and object and how much force would be required to move it?


r/theydidthemath • • 11m ago

[Request] what are the chances a fast food employee could meet a a-b list celebrity?

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Not how if there is a number but I’d say make like 7k would be the number of a list and b list celebs it could be higher but I’m not sure.


r/theydidthemath • • 5h ago

[Request] how much copper would you need to strip to raise $20K?

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4 Upvotes

Is this realistic?


r/theydidthemath • • 5h ago

[Request] How much force would be required for Jason to punch Freddy's arms through Freddy's chest?

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r/theydidthemath • • 5h ago

[Request] Can someone jump higher if the moon is above them in the sky vs on the other side of the earth?

1 Upvotes

So the tides exist because water gets pulled by the moon's gravity right? The moon pulls water several meters high in some places like the bay of Fundy... Can someone have a higher vertical leap with the moon overhead vs the moon on the other side of the planet?


r/theydidthemath • • 6h ago

[Request] Determining probability for family birthdays

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Hello, I was hoping someone could calculate my family’s situation regarding birthdays I am wondering what the probability is, given that we have an unusual situation.

  • My birthday is 20 May.
  • My first son’s birthday is 8 January, 2003.
  • In 2014, I met and married my 2nd wife Clara.
  • Clara’s first cousins are identical twins with a birthday of 8 January, 2009
  • Clara’s mother’s birthday is 20 May
  • Clara shares a birthday with her brother (17 June) despite being separated by 2 years.
  • Clara and I had one child, he was born on 8 January 2015, exactly 12 years separation from his half-brother

So to sum, I share a birthday with my wife’s mother, my wife shares a birthday with her brother (2 years apart), my two sons share a birthday (12 years apart) which is also shared by her first cousins.

Is it even possible to determine the probability for this?


r/theydidthemath • • 21h ago

[Request] - How far did this guy travel during the video? A Bugatti Chiron accelerating to 417kph (260mph) on the German autobahn

15 Upvotes

r/theydidthemath • • 1d ago

[Request] How far did this fool fly, then tumble?

184 Upvotes

r/theydidthemath • • 1d ago

[Request] The federal budget allocates roughly 10 times more per capita to Americans over the age of 65 than to those under 26.

52 Upvotes

That is a pretty mind-blowing statistic, if true.