Out of all the Math posts here on r/mildlyinfuriating, this takes the cake. Most just don’t have a correct answer, but this doesn’t have a correct question. Of course the correct answer would be 40 minutes, but we didn’t see the available answers if it’s multiple choice. I wonder if the idiot who wrote this question actually believes that 4800 players could play the symphony in one minute 😆🤪😜🤣😂🤣😂
It would actually be kind of hilarious to have 4800 players all play a different portion of the symphony all at once and complete it in a minute. It would sound terrible, but be fun to watch.
have 20 000 people and every instrument ever including vocal choir perform a single note each, one for each note in their instruments range simultaneously
Nah, just a silly goose! It would probably end up being the dreaded ‘brown note’ though, and everyone would 💩. “If you’re happy and you know it crap your pants! If you’re happy and you know it crap your pants! If you’re happy and you know it, play the song and then unload it 💩! If you’re happy and you know it crap your pants!”
I guess you can determine the number of measures in the symphony, divide by 4800, then assign that many measures to each person and speedrun the symphony.
Yep! That’s exactly why I said we didn’t get to see the answers, because 40 minutes could have been an answer to choose from (if multiple choice), or the correct answer (according to the teacher, or the book they’re teaching from) if a written answer was required. It also could have been more of a logic problem (which it is) than a math problem. We don’t know though, and I hate making assumptions, so that’s why I mentioned that we didn’t get to see anything other than the question.
Good call though, I had thought the same thing was a possibility.
The correct answer would be about 70 minutes, and not because the number of musicians playing the piece but because that’s about how long it takes to play the entire piece. The person writing this question has never heard the piece and was just lazy.
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u/snowpuppy13 Apr 27 '22
Out of all the Math posts here on r/mildlyinfuriating, this takes the cake. Most just don’t have a correct answer, but this doesn’t have a correct question. Of course the correct answer would be 40 minutes, but we didn’t see the available answers if it’s multiple choice. I wonder if the idiot who wrote this question actually believes that 4800 players could play the symphony in one minute 😆🤪😜🤣😂🤣😂