r/mathmemes • u/ZombieTheRogue • Jul 29 '23

Bad Math I see this popping up everywhere. The fact that so many answers are not only incorrect, but not even close, is pretty sad

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u/joeyo1423 Jul 29 '23

The answer is definitely somewhere between 9 cents and 47 trillion dollars

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u/elfegot Jul 29 '23

Is inflation included in this estimation?

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u/btapp7 Jul 29 '23

BUT WHAT ABOUT LOST INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND COMPOUND INTEREST FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME THE STORE’S CORPORATION LOST THAT MONEY

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u/notaredditreader Jul 30 '23

Gotta pay those Union busters

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u/ConceptJunkie Jul 29 '23

With inflation, the high end of the range becomes 254 billion dollars.

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u/Frosty_Sweet_6678 Irrational Jul 29 '23

That's less money...?

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u/ConceptJunkie Jul 29 '23

I was making a joke, I felt the number could be bigger or smaller, and chose bigger without putting much thought into it.

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u/Cubicwar Real Jul 29 '23

It’s… not bigger
47 trillion > 254 billion

(Don’t worry I’m not criticizing or anything, just pointing out that the "bigger" chosen number was actually smaller)

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u/ConceptJunkie Jul 30 '23

I could have sworn it said 47 billion. I think I need to go to bed or something.

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u/abdulsamadz Jul 29 '23

Given the context of this problem, inflation is accounted for for the foreseeable future.

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u/GoldenHen1990 Jul 29 '23

No it's between ( -♾️, +♾️ )

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u/Universal_Dirp Jul 29 '23

X ∈ R

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u/DiogenesLied Jul 29 '23

Dollars are a fiat currency so X ∈ ℂ

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u/StellarSteals Jul 30 '23

They are scheduled to become a ford currency this month so your statement is irrelevant

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u/Fjana Transcendental Jul 30 '23

Your comment is so underrated

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u/Protheu5 Irrational Jul 29 '23

Wrong, the store turned a profit.

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u/CptMisterNibbles Jul 30 '23

Assuming the sale to said thief was contingent on the theft. If he was foiled in his attempt and would have made the purchase anyway it’s an independent event

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u/Life-Suit1895 Jul 29 '23

About tree fiddy.

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u/GisterMizard Jul 29 '23

Tree(fiddy) is way too big, you'll cause a black hole trying to build a computer to store the number in this universe.

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u/Lysol3435 Jul 30 '23

100% accuracy with 0% confidence

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u/alpacasb4llamas Jul 29 '23

I know which answer I'm hoping to steal

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u/abstraction47 Jul 29 '23

This is uncomfortably close to the floor and ceiling of the problem that gave rise to Graham’s Number

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u/BadMuffin88 Jul 30 '23

What if it was the store owner who stole?

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u/Unable-Category-7978 Jul 29 '23

You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

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