Mathematical Way to Choose a Toilet - Numberphile
Toilets at musical festivals are notorious - but how many should you check before committing!? EXTENDED MATH ENDING: http://youtu.be/XIOoCKO-ybQ More ...
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If you ever go to a music festival, especially a music festival in the UK, you might come across the problem that there's always lots of toilets for you to choose from and the problem with these toilets is they're not always that well looked after. And I have been to quite a few music festivals, and numerous times have I come across this problem. Nubmerphile Featuring Dr. Ria Symonds Video by Brady Haran Animation by Pete McParlan So, the mathematical part of this problem is: Let's say that you're in the queue and you get to the first toilet and you open the door and it's really not that nice. You really don't want to use that toilet. So it's OK. You can try the next toilet. You open the door, but it might be marginally better but still not that good. The problem...
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If you ever go to a music festival, especially a music festival in the UK, you might come across the problem that there's always lots of toilets for you to choose from and the problem with these toilets is they're not always that well looked after. And I have been to quite a few music festivals, and numerous times have I come across this problem. Nubmerphile Featuring Dr. Ria Symonds Video by Brady Haran Animation by Pete McParlan So, the mathematical part of this problem is: Let's say that you're in the queue and you get to the first toilet and you open the door and it's really not that nice. You really don't want to use that toilet. So it's OK. You can try the next toilet. You open the door, but it might be marginally better but still not that good. The problem...
