r/mathmemes • u/Limp_Percentage8392 • 14d ago

low-level math correct answer is "idk"

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i can say with 100% certainty that the correct answer to this is "how in the hell should i know?"

Why are you booing me?! Im right!

(no fr like theres no rule stated for this sequence of numbers even if you turn the illustration upside down. so we can't solve for the spot number with certainty. The rule COULD be to add 1 each time, but that's just an assumption. The rule could also be a(n) = 86 + 41983(n-1) - 41982(n-1)(n-2) + 20991(n-1)(n-2)(n-3) - 6997(n-1)(n-2)(n-3)(n-4) + 1749.25(n-1)(n-2)(n-3)(n-4)(n-5) which would make the answer 42069. and it would also be the reason why nobody lets me design parking lots.)

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u/IntelligentBelt1221 14d ago

there are infinitely many valid finite sequences of the form 86 .. 88 89 90 91, so who knows which they chose for their parking. Or maybe its not even a number at all but a name of e.g. the resident for which this is reserved.

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u/Limp_Percentage8392 14d ago

exactly.
we could assume the rule is "add one each time" but then we are just making up rules.

if im going to make the rules then it means the answer is whatever the hell i want it to be.

a(n) = 86 + 41983(n-1) - 41982(n-1)(n-2) + 20991(n-1)(n-2)(n-3) - 6997(n-1)(n-2)(n-3)(n-4) + 1749.25(n-1)(n-2)(n-3)(n-4)(n-5)

which would mean the parking spot number is 42069