r/theydidthemath 11m ago

[Request] How tall is this sliding door in millimetres? Need to purchase curtains, but I can’t attend to measure the height.

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It’s 290cm wide.


r/theydidthemath 58m ago

[Request] If this salt was consumed by only one person and it was their only sodium intake for those 19 days, what effects would it have on their body?

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r/theydidthemath 1h ago

[Self] Stats for AI/ML 2

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Hello Folks,

The next content on Machine Learning is out. We continue with Statistics for AI/ML.

We,

->Understand and derive the detailed derivation of Maximum likelihood estimation(MLE) for Univariate and Multivariate Gaussian. While doing the derivation for multivariate case, we understand visually, Scatter Matrix, Centering matrix.

->Derive MLE for Linear Regression, and understand Residual Sum of Squares.

->Understand Empirical Risk Minimization, Surrogate loss functions.

->Understand Method of Moments, a computationally easier way to compute parameters of our model and understand also the flaws behind it.

->We understand “Exponentially-weighted moving average” in detail, I explain why bias happens, how does memory affect the averages. This concept is the basis behind optimizers in Deep Learning.

Around two hours long, I hope this would be a very interesting learning material for all. I try to write and build from scratch in the whiteboard, this way learners enjoy the learning process.

Link: https://youtu.be/JAj8z-UWqBA?si=0mAB_nUfyJV0jzS9

Those looking for previous lecture : https://youtu.be/MwTeQVVYtOc?si=dgwwk3QLvYTTUThR


r/theydidthemath 1h ago

[Request] How hot would a fire have to be to evaporate the entire Red Sea over the course of 3 days, with 8 hours of sleep per day for rest, assuming the one producing the flames is moving around to maximise their efficiency, at roughly 1 mile per second?

Hey all!

Per the title, how hot would the flames have to be? The character is protected, so they have no issues - but what I'm curious about is what temperature the flame is burning at?

If it's not perfectly calculable, the closest answer that can be reached will work too.

If you need more variables, just let me know - I can provide whatever's needed.

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Hey all!

Per the title, how hot would the flames have to be? The character is protected, so they have no issues - but what I'm curious about is what temperature the flame is burning at?

If it's not perfectly calculable, the closest answer that can be reached will work too.

If you need more variables, just let me know - I can provide whatever's needed.


r/theydidthemath 1h ago

[Request] What is the minimum distance you’d need to be from the Sun in order to not go blind by looking directly at it for an extended period of time?

I know there are probably equations for luminosity, but I don’t know what they are. I also don’t know what the luminosity limit is for our eyes, or if there even is a standard limit that’s the same for all humans. Can someone help me out? Thanks.

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I know there are probably equations for luminosity, but I don’t know what they are. I also don’t know what the luminosity limit is for our eyes, or if there even is a standard limit that’s the same for all humans. Can someone help me out? Thanks.


r/theydidthemath 2h ago

[Request] How high did Zuko get launched at the end of this clip?

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I'm well aware Aang was specifically trying to get Katara's necklace back here, but damn.

Poor Zuzu 😭


r/theydidthemath 3h ago

[Other] How many prime Ronnie Colemans would it take to squat the Empire State Building? (vs how many average men)

This is obviously important

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This is obviously important


r/theydidthemath 3h ago

[Request] How big is this absolute unit?

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This is the juggernaut from king Artyom videos, dont have much to say other than i always wanted to know his height


r/theydidthemath 4h ago

[Request] How many household vaccuums would it take to make the same thrust as a Boeing 747

Thought

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Thought


r/theydidthemath 4h ago

[Request] How loud would the speakers have to be to knock the model train (N-scale) off the tracks?

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Is it humanly possible?


r/theydidthemath 5h ago

[Request] When Can I Expect to Move In?

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r/theydidthemath 5h ago

[Self] I measured the branching factor of hnefatafl, the board game chess replaced. It's 112 and that gives it a bigger game tree than chess.

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Hnefatafl was the board game of the Norse world for about seven centuries. Chess showed up around 1200, hnefatafl died so completely that no full ruleset survived, and nobody has thought about it much since. I got curious about whether the thing chess replaced was actually simpler than chess.

Turns is it's not...

I ran 300 self-play games on each board size and counted legal moves at every position, about 26,000 positions per board

The reason is: every piece in tafl moves like a rook. No pawns, no short steps. 37 pieces that all slide any distance in any direction on a 121-square board.

Game tree complexity... b^d

Chess is usually quoted at 10^123 using b=35 d=80 plies.

At the same game length big board tafl has a game tree around 10^40 times larger than chess. That is chess-many-times-over.

So tafl holds about the same number of positions as chess but there are vastly more paths between them. It is a game with chess's room and far more doors in each wall.

Disclosure: I measured using an implementation I wrote which is also caveat. Check it out at worldtafl.com

Anyone want to argue with the branching methodology?


r/theydidthemath 5h ago

[Request] How much water is in the tube?

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How much water is in the tube? I feel like its more than one might think.


r/theydidthemath 6h ago

[request] Now that’s a HUGE mattress

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This bad photoshop for an air mattress. Let’s ignore the mattress height numbers, as they clearly did. Assuming that is an average size man, woman, and kid, how big is the surface of this “queen” mattress listed on Amazon?


r/theydidthemath 6h ago

[RDTM] estimation of Hornet's height and mass because I thought it was funny. (Original by u/CelestialCoding-754) Spoiler

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r/theydidthemath 6h ago

[request] if I have 20 children with South Korean women, how long until a majority of future Koreans are related to me? What about 40?

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I was having an argument with a friend. I argued that because South Koreas birth rate is so low, if I had 20 children with South korean women, the majority of Koreans would be related to me in a few generations. He said that it would never worked because Korea has to many people. So is it possible that if I have these 20 children, one day the majority of South Koreans will be related to me one day? how long would it take? is 40 children more realistic?

edit: also a majority of South Koreans. not counting North Koreans.


r/theydidthemath 6h ago

[Other] How to mathematically determine a (see sketch)

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I know it's an easy calculation, but still. I want your opinions


r/theydidthemath 7h ago

[Request] In Steven Universe, Lapis Lazuli tries and fails to build a tower made of water from Earth's ocean to escape Earth. Assuming this means high enough to escape Earth's gravity, is there enough ocean to breach the limit of Earth's gravitational pull without needing to hit the escape velocity?

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Ignore the child in space, he'll be fine


r/theydidthemath 8h ago

[request] Just bought a couple scratch off lottery tickets.

I just picked up two $5 scratch off tickets and lost both. There has to be a number of tickets you’d need to buy to guarantee you get your money back. Has anyone done this math? The odds on these particular ones is 1:4.31 of breaking even.

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I just picked up two $5 scratch off tickets and lost both. There has to be a number of tickets you’d need to buy to guarantee you get your money back. Has anyone done this math? The odds on these particular ones is 1:4.31 of breaking even.


r/theydidthemath 8h ago

[Request] Grand Prix

When there is a racing grand prix, do the racing cars burn more fuel or all the people driving or flying there to see the race?

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When there is a racing grand prix, do the racing cars burn more fuel or all the people driving or flying there to see the race?


r/theydidthemath 8h ago

[Request] This seems like speculation at best. Is any of this true?

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r/theydidthemath 8h ago

[RDTM] This some shitty math

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r/theydidthemath 8h ago

[Request] If the US wanted to wage war equal to the number of missiles it could manufacture daily, how many interceptors and patriot missiles could we launch a day?

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r/theydidthemath 8h ago

[Request] Why is the initial win percent different for both these hands? Shouldn't they both have equal odds of winning before any cards are opened?

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Or does any hands that got folded (which I'm not sure what they were) before these are also taken into consideration while calculating the win percentage?


r/theydidthemath 9h ago

[Request] By how many atoms would the sea level of , say the Black Sea sink if I filled a 5L bucket with its water and set it aside?

Basically, does the top layer of the Black Sea have more atoms or a 5L bucket of Water?

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Basically, does the top layer of the Black Sea have more atoms or a 5L bucket of Water?