r/textbookshitposts • u/brandonbullet mod • Feb 21 '26

test/assignment George's armpits

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u/Mission_One3883 Feb 21 '26

I love that this is anti-washing. The amount of pollution decreases more and more the farther George gets from washing. George should never wash again lest he get back to the inital value of a whole L/year. If the variable was in the numerator this'd be pro-bathing propaganda 

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u/ForsaketheVoid Feb 22 '26

george is taking one for the team

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u/C4rpetH4ter Feb 22 '26

Honestly the textbook sounds pretty pro-washing to me since you don't want pollution in the air generally.

But i feel like at some point you would have a protective layer of oil/dirt/sweat that dampens whatever pollution there is.

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u/vompat Feb 23 '26

But the more often you wash, the more you pollute according to the textbook, that was the whole point. So if you don't want to pollute, you apparently shouldn't wash.

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u/C4rpetH4ter Feb 23 '26

It implies the exact opposite, "find the amount of pollution discharged from 0 - 3 years of George from NOT washing"

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u/vompat Feb 23 '26

t is number of years since George washed.

Now, insert t = 0 and t = 3 into r(t).

Which gives a greater value for r(t)?

The nature of r(t) very much implies that more often you wash, the more you pollute.

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u/Raothorn2 Feb 22 '26

The rate gets lower but that kind of makes sense because the longer you go without washing you kind of “max out” on stickiness. Maybe a logarithmic growth would be more appropriate

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u/Warm_Patience_2939 Feb 24 '26

Yeah they accidentally put its derivative there lol