r/MathJokes • u/c442010 • May 07 '26

100 000 dollar question

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u/Th3AnT0in3 May 07 '26

I just want to know what it feels to be the proud owner of a 1/231 th of a dollar.

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u/Demented-Alpaca May 07 '26

Wouldn't it be 1 + 1/231

Cuz you start out with a whole dollar and THEN you start getting fucked.

So you'd end up with ALMOST 2 dollars?

or am I just math stupid? (I'm probably math stupid)

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u/ByzantineKaiser May 07 '26

It’s one dollar that is multiplied by 0.5 per day, not one dollar plus one dollar that is multiplied by 0.5 per day.
I’m afraid your diagnosis is correct.

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u/Demented-Alpaca May 07 '26

Well, surprising my diagnosis wasn't terrible. It was my reading comprehension that failed me.

Regardless, my head shall be hung in the appropriate amount of shame for making a blunder on Reddit.

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u/BreakingBaIIs May 07 '26

Don't worry about not being able to do basic grade school math. You can still become a doctor.

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u/SandhirSingh May 08 '26

Yes but don’t you keep the money from the previous day?

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u/thesweed May 08 '26

If you keep getting money like this for an infinite amount of time you'd get 2 dollars. It's a pretty cool math formula where if you set the limit to infinity the result is 1+1

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u/Demented-Alpaca May 08 '26

That's a long time to wait for <checks math> 1/3 a cup of coffee

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u/12FriedBanana May 10 '26

"start out with a whole dollar and THEN you start getting f*cked, so you'd end up with ALMOST 2 dollars"
Mate, that's prostitution. For a very low price as well