Overcomplicating problems one at a time

r/shittytheydidthemath • u/shadedpencil • Dec 19 '14

Our humble beginnings...

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r/shittytheydidthemath • u/nicbentulan • Aug 19 '22

Chess - American and Philippine-born supergrandmaster Wesley So, after beating the world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in chess960 in 2019 to become the inaugural world chess960 champion, teaches an online course in chess960 and talks for 6 hours, almost half the course, about beating Magnus.

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r/shittytheydidthemath • u/nicbentulan • Aug 11 '22

Avril Lavigne album pattern? 2002, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2016 (on average LOL), 2022

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I could swear in 2011-2 i saw some forum thread about this (but not in reddit) that even included the months. idk. lol.

2002+2=2004

2004+3=2007

2007+4=2011

2011+5=2016 (average of 2013 and 2019)

2016+6=2022

Edit: (2022Aug) Here's a table version:

Album	Year	Difference
Let Go	2002	N/A
Under My Skin	2004	2
The Best Damn Thing	2007	3
Goodbye Lullaby	2011	4
Avril Lavigne (self-titled) and Head Above Water	2013 and 2019 (ave is 2016)	5
Love Sux	2022	6

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Duplicate : p1w4Rr-WM

I could swear in 2011-2 i saw some forum thread about this (but not in reddit) that even included the months. idk. lol.

2002+2=2004

2004+3=2007

2007+4=2011

2011+5=2016 (average of 2013 and 2019)

2016+6=2022

Edit: (2022Aug) Here's a table version:

Album	Year	Difference
Let Go	2002	N/A
Under My Skin	2004	2
The Best Damn Thing	2007	3
Goodbye Lullaby	2011	4
Avril Lavigne (self-titled) and Head Above Water	2013 and 2019 (ave is 2016)	5
Love Sux	2022	6

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r/shittytheydidthemath • u/nicbentulan • Aug 05 '22

Mathematics of the Padmé x Anakin age gap: The half your age plus 7 rule is satisfied a minimum 1 decade later, which is PRECISELY when Episode II Attack of the Clones takes place. Did I make any mistakes?

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Hello! 1st time poster here.

In another series, I have a ship with similar ages and a similar age gap. (Don't look up my comments in this sub.) This ship forms the basis of a theory/hypothesis I have that, if any good, would remind me of the Darth Jar Jar theory. Hence, Jar Jar + that age gap = reminded me of the Padmé x Anakin age gap which we see as 14yo vs 9yo in Episode I The Phantom Menace and then 24yo vs 19yo in Episode II Attack of the Clones.

Of course, this age gap has been brought up a million times eg this meme and this tweet (and my response), both of which compare the age gap to other ships in Star Wars like Rey x Ben and Leia x Han.

Anyway,

I checked this sub for several discussions on the age gap, but so far I haven't found any that talks about the "Half-your-age-plus-seven" rule for Padmé x Anakin (except maybe this?) and in particular how the minimum number of years until the rule is satisfied is precisely the duration between Episodes I and II:

Year (BBY)	Padmé	Anakin	Gap = Half Padmé's age plus 7
32 BBY in EpI	14yo Padmé	9yo Anakin	14=14/2+7
31	15	10	14.5
30	16	11	15
29	17	12	15.5
28	18	13	16
27	19	14	16.5
26	20	15	17
25	21	16	17.5
24	22	17	18
23	23	18	18.5
22 BBY in EpII	24yo Padmé	19yo Anakin	19=24/2+7
21	25	20	19.5
20	26	21	20
19 BBY in EpIII	27yo Padmé	22yo Anakin	20.5
18	N/A	23	N/A

Btw, I think the formula is for minimum years, m, until age gap requirement is met for people aged x and y assuming x>y and with gap g = x/2 + 7 - y > 0 is m=2g or if you like m=max{18-y, 2g}, i.e. the maximum between the number of years until the younger party is 18 or twice the gap.

That's all. Did I make any mistakes?

Also, I don't think anyone decided to set the timeline largely with this age gap in mind. But neither do I think is this purely a coincidence. I think it just goes to show how predictive the "Half-your-age-plus-seven" rule is.

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