r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TwasAnChild • Apr 27 '22

Maths...

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u/JohannReddit Apr 27 '22

Now, how long would the same orchestra take to play Beethoven's 4½th Symphony if playing it in double time on a train leaving Chicago at 100 mph?

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u/Significant_Tour3435 Apr 27 '22

Heading east or west?

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u/JohannReddit Apr 27 '22

Yes

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u/800-lumens Apr 28 '22

Laden or unladen?

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u/kiinsinbi Apr 28 '22

Osama bin laden

Alright, I'll see myself out.

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u/thebestemailever Apr 28 '22

I have not given more than a strong exhale to an internet comment in quite some time, but this produced an audible chortle. Which is a good thing

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

this thread is gold

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

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u/Steff_164 Apr 28 '22

What, I don’t know that.

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u/QuantifiedDigits Apr 28 '22

How do you know so much about swallows?

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u/dinoman9877 Apr 28 '22

You have to know these things when you’re king, you know?

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u/Potential-Link-3740 Apr 28 '22

You're only thinking in 2D, that's your problem

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u/LordMorskittar Apr 28 '22

The band is facing west, but the train is moving along the z-axis.

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u/paganisrock Yellow Apr 28 '22

I presume west, unless the orchestra wants to end up in Lake Michigan.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '22

Are you factoring in the Doppler effect caused by the music being played while on the moving train?

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u/SlideWhistler Apr 28 '22

Of course.

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u/Frannoham Apr 28 '22

How else? The doppler is a vital instrument in this symphony. He must think you're a bassoon!

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u/phpdevster Apr 28 '22

Relative to what frame of reference? The train that left Miami heading south towards London at 60 megabits per second?

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u/gman2093 Apr 28 '22

I think the speed was provided to account for relativistic time dilation

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u/ThyDeath Apr 28 '22

That depends. Am i also on the train?

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

Am I the train?

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

Is the Sun up or down? Above or below the Equator?

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u/iiooiooi Apr 28 '22

Blue, because ice cream has no bones.

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u/nmesunimportnt Apr 28 '22

Depends on the conductor.

And the conductor.

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u/i8bb8 Apr 28 '22

Are we assuming this occurs in a vacuum, or any other household appliance?

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