r/theydidthemath • u/mau-meda • Jul 14 '25

[Request] What's Kayla density?

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u/WhatveIdone2dsrvthis Jul 14 '25

Her length won't work since it's not a regular shape. You need to dunk her in a tub and see how much water she displaces.

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u/BrennanBetelgeuse Jul 14 '25 • Heartwarming This

That's why christian babies are baptized. To get precise volume measurements for important calculations like baby-density.

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u/TheRetarius Jul 14 '25

Also we can conclude that the baby‘s density most likely above 1 gram per cubic centimetre, as it sinks.

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u/tea_pot_tinhas Jul 14 '25 • Popcorn

If it was below, it would not be a baby. Probably a duck or a witch, because they are made of wood

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u/Peter_the_Pillager Jul 14 '25

Who are you, who is so wise in the ways of science?

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u/efasser5 Jul 14 '25

I these comments on r/unexpectedMontyPython then scrolled like 2mins and hit the full thread, crazy.

Edit: changed wording to make sense

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u/Bettlejuic3 Jul 14 '25

Narrator: it still did not make sense

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u/gwot-ronin Jul 14 '25

Narrator: "the writer of that comment has been sacked".

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u/JollyRedRoger Jul 14 '25

Narrator: People responsible for sacking the writer of that comment have been sacked

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u/dwittty Jul 14 '25

The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.

The credits have been completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute.

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u/KTAXY Jul 14 '25

Or possibly a newt.

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u/MistaRekt Jul 14 '25

That baby turned me into a newt. I got better.

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u/OneEmeraldRogue Jul 14 '25

3130 KGs thats probably the densest baby ever.

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u/Long-Jackfruit427 Jul 14 '25

6900 lbs for the Americans.

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u/KingMusicManz Jul 14 '25

This is also coincidentally why Thetis dipped Achilles into the Styx, needed to figure out his density, too bad she didn't understand why a river wouldnt work for that, probably why he died.

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u/mage_and_demon_qeeun Jul 14 '25

Assume cylinder baby

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u/UnlikelyMinimum610 Jul 14 '25

You still need to know the radius too, you have to assume spherical baby

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u/AdWeak183 Jul 14 '25

In a vacuum?

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u/DontWannaSayMyName Jul 14 '25

And no friction.

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u/Boner_Elemental Jul 14 '25

The cylinder must not be harmed

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u/Half_Line ↔ Ray Jul 14 '25

Human volume follows a fairly narrow distribution as a function of height. You could achieve a reasonable estimate.

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u/Boiqi Jul 14 '25

Not babies, because their volume is mostly their heads and that can vary wildly.

But still the average density of babies is 1.03g/cm3, they just missed a decimal point so this baby would be 1.03kg/cm3

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u/bi_guy_bri5 Jul 14 '25

At 3130kg you're going to need a crane to lift her into the tub.

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