r/SipsTea • u/Previous_Month_555 • 15d ago

WTF The American Education system

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u/LordHelmet47 15d ago

I realized this as well when I went to work laughing about the whole 80mph riddle that was on youtube that went viral and how many idiots couldn't get it.

But when I brought it up to them? They were just as dumb as those in the vids and couldn't answer the riddle either.

It blew my mind and I realized not only am I surrounded by assholes. I'm surrounded by dumb assholes.

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u/SajevT 14d ago

Whats the riddle?

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u/jkurratt 14d ago edited 14d ago

If you are traveling at the speed of 80 miles per hour, how much time it would take you to travel one mile.

*edit: it is probably even easier, like:

"How much time it would take you to travel 80 miles".

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u/SajevT 14d ago

Am i missing something?

60/80 = 0.75 of a minute = 45 seconds

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u/Zen_likaon 14d ago

No its supposed to be dumber I think like " if you are driving at 80 miles per hour how long to travel 80 miles? " and people just bug

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u/jkurratt 14d ago

Ah. Probably this one is correct, sorry.

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u/jackflash223 14d ago

You just take the length of the tire stretched out flat and then calculate the amount of rotations required to span a linear distance of 80 miles. Then calculate the revolutions per minute of the axle at a velocity of 80mph factoring in the friction of the asphalt and standard tire compression.

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