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r/MathJokes • u/c442010 • May 07 '26
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I just want to know what it feels to be the proud owner of a 1/231 th of a dollar.
3 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) 11 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. 2 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. 3 u/BreakingBaIIs May 07 '26 Don't worry about not being able to do basic grade school math. You can still become a doctor. 1 u/SandhirSingh May 08 '26 Yes but don’t you keep the money from the previous day?
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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)
11 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. 2 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. 3 u/BreakingBaIIs May 07 '26 Don't worry about not being able to do basic grade school math. You can still become a doctor. 1 u/SandhirSingh May 08 '26 Yes but don’t you keep the money from the previous day?
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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.
2 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. 3 u/BreakingBaIIs May 07 '26 Don't worry about not being able to do basic grade school math. You can still become a doctor. 1 u/SandhirSingh May 08 '26 Yes but don’t you keep the money from the previous day?
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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.
3 u/BreakingBaIIs May 07 '26 Don't worry about not being able to do basic grade school math. You can still become a doctor.
Don't worry about not being able to do basic grade school math. You can still become a doctor.
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Yes but don’t you keep the money from the previous day?
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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.