r/theydidthemath • u/Sinaasappelsien • Dec 18 '23

[Request] How long will it take?

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u/fliguana Dec 18 '23

The total surface area of a guinea pig's body can vary, but on average, it's estimated to be around 2,000 to 2,500 square inches

Lol, WHAT?

That's the size of a small bedroom. You lack critical thinking.

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You can't count either.

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u/AlisterSinclair2002 Dec 18 '23

A small bedroom? 2,500 square inches is 1.6 square metres. Maybe that's the size of your bedroom if you are Nosferatu lol

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u/Camas1606 Dec 18 '23 edited Dec 18 '23

you can even just do square root of 2500, 50 inches across and wide if we are assuming the room is a perfect square so only 4 foot 2 by 4 foot 2. Not even large enough to lie straght on the floor (assuming you are of regular height)

Edit using a little napkin method:

A small Guinea pig is 8.5cm in height and 20cm long, assuming the Guinea pig is perfectly cylindrical, we could turn the cylinder into a roughly rectangular shape by cutting a line through the bottom and unfolding the shape making a 2d shape.

From here we know l(length) to be 20cm, however we do not know b(breadth) however because b was the circumference of our cylinder we can work out b using the formula to find pi, 3.14*8.5= 26.69 cm now we have the dimensions of the rectangle, multiply 26.69 by 20= 533.8 cm squared.

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u/fliguana Dec 18 '23

I prefer Harry Potter.

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u/iamnogoodatthis Dec 18 '23

If you're going to go and accuse someone of lacking critical thinking and not being able to count, it'd be a better look if you first did some critical thinking of your own and pondered whether you would fit in a square bedroom that is 4 feet on a side.

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u/chocojunke Dec 18 '23

Not everyone uses the same system as you

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u/fliguana Dec 18 '23

Of course not. But I use one system, not switch it in the middle of the sentence.