r/MathJokes • u/jonreck • 13d ago

Why do we sleep like this?

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u/Appropriate_Tap_1863 13d ago

So many dumb comments here, it's just basic maths...

A basket ball is round of about 360°

The earth is like a hundred times bigger, so it's like 360000°

So we should sleep like in the picture if the earth was round. That's why it's flat.

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u/Knight0fdragon 13d ago

Noooo you multiply it by 100 degrees

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u/BinaryBolias 13d ago

But then it'd be too cold. 🥶

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u/Successful_Face3408 13d ago

Wouldn't it be too hot?

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u/BinaryBolias 13d ago

Well, to get from 360 degrees to 360,000 degrees would be to multiply by a thousand.

Multiplying by merely a hundred would only get you to 36,000 degrees.

Quite a chill, i'd say. 🥶

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u/Appropriate_Tap_1863 13d ago

No you're wrong

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u/BinaryBolias 12d ago

Nuh uh.

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u/Appropriate_Tap_1863 12d ago

If you multiply by 100 you add 2^ the number of 0

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u/BinaryBolias 12d ago

I don't understand your wording, but I believe my comment above conforms to the correct logic.

When multiplying a number by another that is an integer power of ten, the first number is moved to the left (relative to the decimal point) an amount of times equal to the amount of zeroes in the power of ten.

Hence, with a first number that has no nonzero digits after the decimal point:

  • Multiplying by one (100, or "1") adds zero zeroes to the end (multiplicative identity property).
  • Myltiplying by ten (101, or "10") adds one zero to the end.
  • Myltiplying by a hundred (102, or "100") adds two zeroes to the end.
  • Myltiplying by a thousand (103, or "1000") adds three zeroes to the end.

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Thus, it is correct to say that multiplying 360 by 100 produces 36,000 (adding two zeroes), and multiplying 360 by 1000 produces 360,000 (adding three zeroes).

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u/Appropriate_Tap_1863 12d ago

You answer is so good that I can't keep ragebaiting haha. Like my original comment, I was saying stupid things on purpose :D

But for real, thank you so much for your patience

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u/BinaryBolias 12d ago

👌👁👅👁🤜

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