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  • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
    621·
    7 months ago

    I probably would have gotten four because I would have visually saw the answer without knowing the equation.

    • BugFinder@lemmy.world
      172·
      7 months ago

      I bet you would have discovered gravity first if only the apple fell on your head instead of pesky Newton

      • Deceptichum@kbin.social
        53·
        7 months ago

        I don’t think that’s a brag.

        Assuming they did what I did, they saw it and went ‘no fucking idea’ and visualised the wheel rotating and counting the rotations seen.

        The smart people stuff is the trying to do the radius shit.

        • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          7 months ago

          Correct, I wouldn’t have tried to apply a math equation, I would mentally roll it and count to get the answer. Nothing impressive about that.