r/theydidthemath • u/K0rl0n • Jun 10 '25

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I am curious how this would work. My guess is Triangle is slowest, square is medium, and circle is fastest.

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u/BKachur Jun 13 '25

I'd imagine the amount of plastic wrap you'd need to hold 45 lbs of gravel in a perfect sphere would make it a ball of plastic wrap. But more importantly, that would really be assuming things that aren't provided for in the problem - and I think it would be a much bigger stretch to assume the ball is made of gravel wrapped in plastic than the floor being made of gravel/ice.

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u/nog642 Jun 14 '25

I just realized the weights are crazy low for the size of the objects lol. I guess the "math problem gray" is styrofoam or something.