word-problem-posting

[word-problem-posting]

Little Jimothy is going on a "Dopamine Detox" and wants his 8th birthday party to reflect this: instead of the typical party snacks, he will instead have empty hotdog buns and empty ice cream cones for him and his 12 friends to snack on as the party progresses. It is important to him that the total number of snacks is a multiple of 13, as that will allow everyone in attendance to have an equal amount.

As he goes to the store, he discovers that ice cream cones are sold in packs of 12, and that the only brand of hot dog buns still available comes in packs of 7. Assuming that a pack of cones and a pack of hotdogs costs the exact same and that he wants to spend the minimum amount of money to buy a number of snacks that can be spread evenly between him and his friends, answer the following questions:

a. How many packs of 12 ice cream cones should Little Jimothy buy?

b. How many packs of 7 hot dog buns should Little Jimothy buy?

c. How many snacks does each person get?

[word-problem-posting]

π/6 radians per second :(

I’ve discovered my new favorite gimmick account on twitter lmao

[word-problem-posting]

A camera is positioned on a tripod. Positioned exactly 3 meters away from the tripod is a straight line, which a UFO will travel down at a speed of 10 meters per second from right to left.

The camera is turned so that it faces directly at the UFO as it passes by. If the point on the line closest to the camera is considered the origin point, at what positions of the UFO is the angle that the camera is pointed at changing at a rate of π/6 radians per second?

I’ve discovered my new favorite gimmick account on twitter lmao

[word-problem-posting]

The moderators of the r/soda subreddit are dedicated to the complete removal from their subreddit of any members of r/neverbrokeabone and r/hydrohomies. Every day, they ban an average of 32 users from their subreddit, and the process of investigating and banning a user takes about 1 minute. Assuming that each of the subreddit's 4 moderators does an equal amount of work, how much time does each moderator spend banning people in a week?

in the dark corners of our world, secrets wars are waged by forgotten legions…

[word-problem-posting]

This cat is attempting to walk in the positive x direction. However, they are held in place by the tension force of a leash which acts at an angle 30° above the negative x direction.

Assuming that friction of the cat walking is exerting a force of exactly 10 Newtons parallel to the ground, what is the magnitude of the leash's tension force?

Treadwunk

[word-problem-posting]

A kilogram of water is placed in a pot of negligible mass. The water is initially 25 degrees Celsius. Over a period of one hour, 1.5 megajoules of thermal energy is applied to this kilogram of water by a burner.

A. Assuming that the rate of energy transfer is constant for the whole hour that the water is heated, how much power does the burner produce?

B. Assuming that the specific heat of water is always 4.184 J/g*K, the enthalpy of vaporization of water is 2256 J/g, and the specific heat of water vapor is always 2.01 J/g*K, what temperature (in Kelvin) is the water after the aforementioned 1.5 megajoules of thermal energy is applied?

It's the last day of April

[word-problem-posting]

There is a particular Tumblr poll that has two options that are evenly matched: this is to say that any given voter has a 50–50 chance of voting for either of the two options in the poll.

A. In terms of n, where 2n represents the total number of votes cast in the poll, write an explicit sequence that gives the probability that both competitors get the exact same number (n) votes, thus tying.

B. Construct an infinite series that represents the sum of all the terms in the sequence you made for part A where n ≥ 1. Does this series converge or diverge? How do you know?

Round 0

@the-magenta-painter

(no propaganda submitted)

@space-update-today

(no propaganda submitted)

[word-problem-posting]

The original Spiders Georg post was released on January 9, 2013. Assuming that the anonymous asker's birthday is January 1st, how old are are they right now?

I was 3 when you told us about spiders Georg.

i don't wanna know about this kind of thing

[word-problem-posting]

This gimmick is bad.

In the gimmick blog bracket, there will be a total of 9 rounds (round 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and the final round, 8). Due to the nature of a bracket like this, each round will see the average quality of the remaining competitors increase. And, naturally, I would perform worse against better gimmick blogs.

Assuming that the odds of this blog winning any given round is 1 in (n + 2) where n is the round, what is the probability that I win every single round, achieving the ability to share the title of "best gimmick blog" with hellsitegenetics?

OK. All the blogs in this special round 0 are under the cut. Every odd number is against the even below it. We'll see how tumblr feels about the bracket image this time, but I'm not posting it until this round 0 is over.

Due to not wanting to spam your feeds and also the tumblr post limit (there are 253 polls this round!), I will be spreading these out via the queue, posting 50 a day.

1: hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

2: flareon-fanart-collection

3: the-compressor

4: rat-detector-but-evil

5: cantheywinthehungergames

6: official-fluffy-posts

7: would-you-punt-them

8: dailyhomestarfacts

9: ominous-signs

10: rat-detector-24

11: throckmorton-the-skater

12: dailytricksterfox

13: identifying-dogs

14: disappointed-by-lack-of-soup

15: identifying-cat-phenotypes

16: the-real-yahoo-mail

17: alphabetcompletionist

18: guillotinema

19: bocchidaily2024

20: the-official-netherlands

21: makingyourfavesinwebfishing

22: rat-detector-detector-detector

23: yesornopolls

24: posts-i-saw-on-wikipedia

25: elvis-official

26: ebugsdotjpeg

27: crane-detector

28: word-problem-posting

29: onionpainter

30: rat-detector-fail

31: i-make-things-snakes

32: the-djavulsksilverhaj

33: onenicebugperday

34: funnier-when-objectum

35: things-that-are-weezer-blue

36: no-stupid-questions-official

37: i-identify-as-an-ominous-threat

38: mysticmagicrat

39: hot-take-tournament

40: rat-detector-8x

41: cantheykillmacbeth

42: is-this-shakespearean-accurate

43: bear-detector

44: inside-outtakes-daily

45: localairport

46: the-demonhaj

47: cat-spotted

48: suddenlyveryloud

49: probablybadrpgideas

50: your-fav-is-divorced

51: parentheses-posts

52: sans-in-heat

53: ifitwasediblewouldyoueatit

54: same-pic-of-the-blue-moon

55: mcmansionhell

56: dailykafka

57: ofishal-fish-posts

58: gimmick-spice-tolerance-bracket

59: really-fucked-up-stimboards

60: polishpriests

61: identifying-dinosaurs-in-posts

62: iloveants

63: gimmick-blog-bracket

64: the-actual-ocean

65: pointless-achievements

66: digital-slenderman

67: making-your-fave-in-fr

68: twopartposts

69: creatures-in-posts

70: not-a-trampoline-daily

71: echo-flower-from-undertale

72: e-counter

73: is-the-post-reliable

74: the-magentahaj

75: the-timeloop-tourney

76: friend-myth-kill

77: couldtransitionsaveher

78: smashorpassgilf

79: ginger-ale-official

80: is-this-fascism

81: official-boob-posts

82: los-camp-daily

83: yesterdays-xkcd

84: earth-updates-today

85: rat-detector

86: fuck-you-in-particular

87: making-you-in-ponytown

88: i-shelve-posts

89: haveyouatethisfruit

90: new-dinosaurs

91: cantheysurvive2001aspaceodyssey

92: stereosexuals-daily

93: does-this-require-cyanobacteria

94: rat-detector-333

95: mammalidentifier

96: is-your-post-grey

97: kittybroker

98: dilfs-dot-com

99: howoldisjimmycarter

100: pokemonbattletournament

101: reallybadblackoutpoems

102: unhelpfultarot

103: postsofbabel

104: the-offical-vine

105: drawing-you-as-a-critter

106: incorrectconspiracytheorist

107: arewebeholdingaman

108: the-official-chaldea

109: lowpolyanimals

110: the-real-will-wood-daily

111: i-want-tennis-ball

112: united-states-health-care

113: snailifier

114: locked-in-or-tweaking

115: the-purple-painter

116: the-actual-catacombs

117: rick-roller

118: identifying-spacecraft-in-posts

119: parappa-raps

120: inthetags

121: little-bitch-detector

122: elitegreet

123: blood-heritage-posts

124: words-that-could-be-jtoh-towers

125: scp-threats-is-back

126: ratdetectordetectordetectordet

127: fake-post-archive

128: ratdectector23

129: one-time-i-dreamt

130: could-they-win-a-holy-grail-war

131: shirtsthatgohard

132: rhinoceros-beetle-official

133: tf2heritageposts

134: pokemon-cards-hourly

135: everydayspamton

136: rat-detector-334

137: in-the-bible

138: fav-character-shroin-count

139: identifying-horses-in-posts

140: cactus-detector

141: peoplegettingkindamadatfood

142: spirit-phone-daily

143: official-mantis-shrimp-posts

144: rat-detector-236

145: whatcoloristhatcat

146: rat-eliminator

147: identifying-maille-weaves

148: the-lilahaj

149: things-that-are-not-true

150: ratdetector-x26

151: terriblerealestateagentphotos

152: in-case-i-die-daily

153: hellsite-proteins

154: good-pokemon-center-reviews

155: how-many-letters

156: characters-with-garlic-bread

157: same-picture-of-a-rock-every-day

158: costcopizzablog

159: shrimpradar

160: do-you-know-this-adhd-character

161: identifying-cars-in-posts

162: shakespearean-suffering

163: the-firey-painter

164: official-wasp-posts

165: identifying-birds

166: pale-fur-my-moirail

167: carbon-monoxide-detector

168: out-of-context-tbcu

169: sealsdaily

170: a-counter

171: counter-facts-i-just-made-up

172: linguistwho

173: validwarriorcatsnames

174: the-litenhaj

175: i-type-things

176: fr-winn-dixie

177: hellsite-hall-of-fame

178: official-hater-posts

179: miscellaneous-marios

180: content-free

181: eroticismofthemachinedetector

182: weeklycandacedrawings

183: asciicompletionist

184: the-rosahaj

185: my-hobby-is-finding-the-source

186: anarchist-chess

187: the-hex-project

188: would-you-eat-them

189: apolladay

190: hajtale

191: evilwizard

192: the-aftonsparv

193: i-give-worms

194: official-knight-posts

195: fluttershywheresheshouldntbe

196: pokemontheywouldhave

197: card-of-the-day

198: mtg-cards-hourly

199: writing-prompt-s

200: mcr5-thoughts-every-other-day

201: memes-to-show-the-past

202: ratdetectortheninth

203: can-they-lift-thors-hammer

204: rat-detectors-detector

205: is-jk-rowling-dead-yet

206: orca-detector

207: amphibianaday

208: jstor

209: dark-wil-wheaton

210: chicago-mentioned

211: critter-creature-or-beast

212: civilisation-updates

213: yeahokayillreblogthat

214: worldofultimategaming

215: maryland-officially

216: fecundinex-official

217: whoishotteranimepolls

218: towhee-enjoyer

219: official-linguistics-post

220: t-counter

221: text-inverter

222: blorbo-court

223: latinare

224: detector-rat

225: making-you-in-atlyss

226: the-turkoshaj

227: i-give-you-a-fish

228: videos-i-didnt-make

229: i-make-things-spheres

230: 1337sp34kr

231: amongus-text-detector

232: rat-detector-16

233: alonglistofbirds

234: half-fey-freak-of-nature

235: girl-detector

236: cursed-facebook-marketplace

237: mouse-spotted

238: accidental-will-wood-reference

239: dear-ao3

240: daily-pokemon-polls

241: googlyeyesonmagiccards

242: totally-france

243: baba-is-blog

244: neilcicierega-daily

245: rat-detector-detector

246: i-give-you-a-manul

247: xkcd-for-that

248: r-ominous-positivity

249: who-jumps-for-the-beef

250: ace-attorney-smash-or-pass

251: making-you-in-spore

252: binas-official

253: i-say-ok

254: rat-detector-redacted

255: couldtheycatchkira

256: connection-terminated-blog

257: identifying-typewriters-in-posts

258: ratdetector13

259: post-store

260: unitedstatesoffandom

261: booktomoviebrawl

262: same-picture-of-benson-every-day

263: bestanimal

264: poorly-identifying-cats-in-posts

265: secondbeatsongs

266: museum-place-of-guys

267: musical-posts

268: libraryofbabel-postlocator

269: todays-xkcd

270: the-gimmick-teachers

271: numberscompletionist

272: am-i-the-asshole-official

273: the-glitter-painter

274: mcr-reference

275: eggblackoutpoetry

276: shinypokemonshowdown

277: rating-shittysawtraps

278: fnaf-flags

279: translatingpostsinfrench

280: rat-detector-twelve

281: pressxtosetfree

282: the-blahaj

283: transit-fag

284: orange-content-rater

285: lichenaday

286: eatorfuck

287: i-identify-guns-in-posts

288: daily-kobold-facts

289: front-facing-pokemon

290: apple-counter

291: thoughts-of-eel

292: rat-detector-19x

293: official-crab-posts

294: its-target-official

295: making-you-in-roblox

296: the-purpurhaj

297: aita-blorbos

298: mcytblrconfessions

299: doyoulikethissong-poll

300: i-remove-color-from-posts

301: flametexting-posts

302: medici-official

303: dailyhatsune

304: litwtc-referrer

305: cat-identifier

306: the-rat-detector-couple-the-1st

307: dailyquests

308: posts-without-the-letter-e

309: the-magenta-painter

310: space-update-today

311: haveyouheardthisband

312: videogameaxolotls

313: i-make-things-into-faces

314: eial-daily

315: the-haiku-bot

316: rat-detector-84

317: ao3org

318: your-fave-as-a-fate-servant

319: would-they-survive

320: chess-rook

321: making-you-in-sticky-business

322: born-against-daily

323: catcrumb

324: birdcounter

325: wtf-scientific-papers

326: is-it-ranboos-birthday

327: herpsandbirds

328: reading-comp-wrong-answers

329: ryunumber

330: c-counter

331: randomitemdrop

332: squeakdreamsresort

333: gimmick-thief-thief

334: favevostagepoll

335: simplified-birds

336: nom-nom-counter

337: i-make-things-content-aware

338: cookieclickercookieeater

339: ca-dmv-bot

340: rat-detector-the-22nd

341: rotating-donuts-blog

342: duothelingo

343: couldtheybekira

344: etho-spotted

345: contextfreepatentart

346: svard-haj

347: fixing-bad-posts

348: starskids-twisted-daily

349: the-icy-painter

350: rat-detector-the-26th

351: jesus-holding-your-fave

352: goodpokeaniscreencaps

353: making-you-in-lps

354: finding-tv-girl

355: is-destiel-canon-yet

356: rat-detector-13

357: it-hurts-to-post

358: rat-detector-seven

359: aistobascistod

360: nether-have-i-ever

361: shit-hdb-would-say

362: objectum-culture-is

363: hitboxesonstockimages

364: black-parade-daily

365: howdotheyliketheirsteak

366: lemondemonlyrics-daily

367: its-wednesday-sparkle-on

368: king-of-the-gods-zeus

369: certifiednewyorkposts

370: jeweledmonstera

371: todaysbird

372: south-carolina-detector

373: the-disempunctuationer

374: scale-polls

375: theyshapedlikefriends

376: big-mayo-official

377: elementcattos

378: massachusetts-official

379: theshitpostcalligrapher

380: hawaii-part-ii-daily

381: fish-identifier

382: the-universe-devs

383: identifying-cars-in-art

384: snake-spotted

385: banjobebleping

386: rat-detector-the-21st

387: relevant-wikipedia-articles

388: noahbaumbachmaritalstatus

389: shark-detector

390: rat-detector36

391: gimmickblog-taxonomist

392: official-level-5

393: peeledpokemon

394: bad-time-analogies

395: bovineblogger

396: the-eldritch-skrackhaj

397: periodiccompletionist

398: soniclesbianflags

399: ohio-thestate

400: fakest-thickwoman

401: bible-word-counter

402: rat-detector-the-18th

403: gimmick-thief

404: colorpicked-flags-from-one-guy

405: three-dee-ess

406: salem-village-everyday

407: the-frightening-ghoul

408: cool-rocks-official

409: bugthingsdaily

410: how-much-yellow

411: is-it-out-of-touch-thursday

412: ditto-dex

413: todays-problematic-ship

414: how-many-purples

415: thefoilguy

416: your-fave-as-owl

417: whatsthebird

418: the-first-bank

419: accidental-homestuck

420: thingsthatcannotsaveyou

421: what-day-of-the-week

422: jamface-daily

423: househeritageposts

424: fictitious-grail-war

425: fox-detector

426: spine-gif

427: hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard

428: rat-dedecdor

429: worlds-worst-ships

430: marinememes

431: dyktvideogamesfx

432: best-u-of-feenis-program

433: official-olm-posts

434: frollosuggestions

435: lesserknowncryptids

436: random-askbox-shit

437: hands-you-a-spatula

438: alyrictoasongbythecranewives

439: transparentcatpngs

440: sideblog-with-everyone

441: the-reverser

442: rat-detector-72

443: charl0ttan

444: pokemonxniccage

445: is-deltarune-tomorrow

446: ratdetector-x11

447: official-cannibalism-posts

448: hituwithabat

449: magic-vending-machine

450: universal-posting

451: statistical-distr-of-polls

452: incorrect-guilty-gear

453: dog-spotted

454: cccc-reference-counter

455: can-they-assemble-ikea-furniture

456: moonpawmybeloved

457: dailypokemoncrochet

458: rat-detector-the-14th

459: post-uwuifier

460: incaseimakeit-daily

461: makingyourfavindti

462: willwoodoutofcontext

463: was-house-fruity

464: bozarotexts

465: textposttropes

466: i-add-ampersands-to-posts

467: free-post-store

468: rat-detector-rat-89

469: sat-a-day

470: willwooddaily

471: wouldyoudoitforaklondikebar

472: c-official

473: where-is-tom-scott-today

474: tfihwg-daily

475: littleguysdaily

476: rainworld-name-verifier

477: badjokesbyjeff

478: rat-detector-to-the-5th-power

479: identifying-planes-in-posts

480: guiltygearofficial

481: doyouknowthisdisabledcharacter

482: official-bee-posts

483: making-you-in-mc

484: rat-detector-thirteen

485: voiceclaim-polls

486: walmart-the-official

487: tf2-post-archive

488: olipopsoda

489: making-u-a-cube

490: rat-detector-15

491: identifying-guns-in-posts

492: dailyiiwheelship

493: postanagramgenerator

494: will-wood-referrer

495: punctuation-completionist

496: daily-vitamin-an

497: i-give-chess-pieces-to-people

498: left-handed-minecraft-mobs

499: colourpickingpride

500: eurovision-song-bracket

501: incognitopolls

502: self-proclaimed-brick-expert

503: shittysawtraps

504: self-ish-daily

505: i-give-olms-to-people

506: scromble

[word-problem-posting]

A guy has a crush on another person and is attempting to determine whether this person likes him back. Every night, he records relevant interactions with his crush alongside a rational explanation, an irrational explanation, and any additional notes. Each column has a title, and all of these titles have a combined 7 words.

This guy has an average of 2 interactions with his crush every day. Each recounting of an event is an average of 15 words. Each rational and irrational explanation has the same average number of words each: 75. When included, additional notes have an average length of 35 words, however only 10% of the entries have additional notes.

After 95 days, the infatuation wears off, and the guy stops recording events in the spreadsheet.

How many words did he write?

guy who makes a spreadsheet to figure out if his crush likes him back

[word-problem-posting]

What I'm trying to communicate here is that the concept of of a differential equation is inherently calculus, even if the actual math work for this problem is just a bit of critical thinking and basic algebra

I wish there was a type of warm cuddly animal that requires no upkeep and can live in your car without issue

[word-problem-posting]

I don't disagree with you that it is an easy question, but I tagged it as that because it is ultimately what is happening here, even if it is very easy to just skip to the end if you think about it for a couple seconds.

I will admit I debated the exponential function tag, because ultimately you don't need to integrate the differential equation, but you would get an exponential function if you did.

Here's, essentially what you are doing, but in a slightly more drawn out way:

(forgive the undescribed math here... It would be REALLY nice if Tumblr randomly supported LaTeX or had its own in-house way of depicting equations but it doesn't.)

First, we set up a differential equation:

M is the mass of the rice (in grams).

t is time (in days).

Now the foolproof way to figure out the amount of rice at the equilibrium is to figure out the general solution to that differential equation and find the limit as t → ∞. But I'll be honest. That's too much work for me. That's too much work for you.

Instead... If the amount of rice in the bag isn't changing day by day, wouldn't the derivative simply be 0?

Well, yeah.

Then you use basic algebra to solve for M.

I wish there was a type of warm cuddly animal that requires no upkeep and can live in your car without issue

[word-problem-posting]

Your beloved fluffy pet, Sack of Rice, lives in the passenger seat of your car. However, the sack is not quite secured properly, and approximately 2% of the rice in the bag spills out every day.

You would hate to "muzzle your pet" (as you would put it), so making efforts to stop this spilling is unthinkable. Instead, you counteract it by stuffing 10 grams of rice into the bag every day.

When the amount of rice reaches an equilibrium point, what is the mass of the rice in the bag?

I wish there was a type of warm cuddly animal that requires no upkeep and can live in your car without issue

[word-problem-posting]

Pretend that there are (because I cannot find the actual number) 7 different profile pictures that a new blog can get. Assuming that these profile pictures are distributed completely eveny and that any given bot has the same probability to follow OP, what is the probability that bots with these specific profile pictures follow in this specific order?

do yoy love the colours of the bofs

[word-problem-posting]

The blog postsofbabel publishes random posts 10 times a day. Each post can hypothetically have anywhere between 1 and 1000 text blocks, and each text block has a randomly-selected number of characters between 1 and 4096, each of which is chosen randomly from a list of 96 possible characters.

Each post has at least one text block. There is a 1/3 chance to add another block. If that chance succeeds, there is a 1/3 chance to add a third block. If that chance succeeds, there is a 1/3 chance to add a fourth block, and so on. This continues until the 1/3 chance fails, or there are 1000 text blocks, which is the maximum amount of blocks that can exist in a single Tumblr post.

What is the probability of this post (1 block, 3 characters in this exact order) being made?

cum

[word-problem-posting]

There are 4 cylindrical tanks that are completely filled with a particular liquid. Each tank is 20 meters tall and has a radius of 5 meters.

a. What is the total volume of liquid contained in all four tanks?

b. A teacher who foolishly believes themself to be part of a calculus problem drills a hole in the base of one of the tanks, allowing the liquid inside to leak out. Because the head of security is on vacation, the tank is allowed to drain until the level of the liquid is at just below the position of the hole, 1 meter off the ground. How total liquid is stored in all four tanks now?

c. What is the percent change in the amount of liquid stored in the 4 tanks initially, compared to after the 4th tank was allowed to drain?

We're considering installing a pressurization system to keep the tanks at constant pressure solely to deter them.

Storage Tanks [Explained]

Transcript

[Two characters wearing helmets are standing on scaffolding next to two large tanks labeled "Tank #3" and "Tank #4", with the person on the left talking. Miss Lenhart has drilled a hole into the base of Tank #4 with liquid pouring out of it and she is running away with the drill.] Left person with helmet: As head of security, your primary task is to monitor the storage tanks and watch for calculus teachers trying to drill holes in their bases.

[word-problem-posting]

The World of Warcraft team is searching for Snart. While they do not know where he is currently, they do know where he began (point H) and all the other locations that he could possibly be at, as represented by the map below:

Each day, Snart has an equal chance to head to an adjacent point or stay at his current location. For instance, at point E, Snart has an equal (1/5) chance to stay at point E, move to point D, move to point C, move to point F, or move to point G. After reaching his destination (or, alternatively, immediately if he chooses not to move), Snart will fall asleep there for the rest of the day and not wake until the following morning.

The fifth day that Snart is missing, which is to say that Snart has had the opportunity to move 5 times, you are employed to help track him down. However, because Blizzard Entertainment refuses to spend any more money on this than it has to, you can only search a single point where Snart could be.

What is the most probable location that Snart would be? What is the probability that he is at that particular location?

did they ever find Snart btw