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Wizard
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September 17th, 2019 at 9:23:40 PM permalink
I just finished watching Mean Girls. Apologies in advance for the spoiler, but the climax of the movie asks the following question:



Beer to the first correct answer and solution. Don't just copy and paste from another site. Please put answers in spoiler tags.

The question for the poll is what is the answer?

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September 17th, 2019 at 10:00:12 PM permalink
This poll is so fetch!
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September 17th, 2019 at 10:07:31 PM permalink
I know Axel will mock me on this but I’ve always loved this movie!
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September 17th, 2019 at 10:09:33 PM permalink
The limit does not exist
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September 17th, 2019 at 10:47:26 PM permalink
Quote: PokerGrinder

I know Axel will mock me on this but I’ve always loved this movie!

Wait, what, you liked a movie with no tranny boys in it?

If the reason why you liked it was because of Amanda Seyfried and Lindsay Lohan I then wouldn't mock you.

Oh wait, I bet Jonathan Bennett had you all sprung.

Other movies I felt what kind of similar to Mean Girls was Heather's, Jawbreakers.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
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September 18th, 2019 at 1:19:31 AM permalink
Quote: Wizard

I just finished watching Mean Girls. Apologies in advance for the spoiler, but the climax of the movie asks the following question:



Beer to the first correct answer and solution. Don't just copy and paste from another site. Please put answers in spoiler tags.

The question for the poll is what is the answer?



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September 18th, 2019 at 1:26:16 AM permalink
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September 18th, 2019 at 1:42:17 AM permalink
Quote: Wizard

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I would have watched "Mean Girls" if I had known this math question was in it.

I remember some of my high school and college calculus. The limit as n approaches 0 for the numerator is 0. The same applies to the denominator. When an expression is of the form 0/0, "L'Hopital's rule" can be applied.

With L'Hopital's rule, the answer is the ratio of the limit as n approaches 0 of the derivative of the numerator and the limit as n approaches 0 of the derivative of the denominator.

The derivative of the numerator is -1/(1-n) - cos(n), and its limit is -1/(1-0) - cos(0) = -1-1=-2.

The derivative of the denominator is -2cos(n)(-sin(n)) = 2cos(n)sin(n) = sin(2n), and its limit is sin(0) = 0.

The ratio of the -2 and 0 is infinite. So, the limit of the original expression does not exist.

Edit: Uh oh! I just remembered your 24-hour rule.
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September 18th, 2019 at 3:24:08 AM permalink
Taylor expansion (or L’Hospital rule, which is the same) gives
-2n / n sin(2n) = -2/sin(2n)
—lim—> -2/2n = -1/n
—> +/- infinity
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September 18th, 2019 at 4:02:27 AM permalink
Quote: ChesterDog

Uh oh! I just remembered your 24-hour rule.



I forgot to mention that rule this time. Your answer and explanation are good.

To the best of my memory, kubikulann hasn't won a beer yet. If that is the case, I will award you the glory, but him the beer.
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September 18th, 2019 at 5:34:56 AM permalink
🤣
Don’t !
Not only would it be costly to send it, but I’d rather show you around and have you taste some of the better abbey beers or krieks that we have here, when (if) you ever come to Brussels.
Thanks anyway.
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September 18th, 2019 at 6:35:06 AM permalink
Quote: kubikulann

🤣
Don’t !
Not only would it be costly to send it, but I’d rather show you around and have you taste some of the better abbey beers or krieks that we have here, when (if) you ever come to Brussels.
Thanks anyway.



Thank you for the offer! I will take you up on it my next trip to Brussels. If you're ever in Vegas, the beer offer never expires.

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September 18th, 2019 at 6:45:09 AM permalink
Quote: AxelWolf

Wait, what, you liked a movie with no tranny boys in it?

If the reason why you liked it was because of Amanda Seyfried and Lindsay Lohan I then wouldn't mock you.

Oh wait, I bet Jonathan Bennett had you all sprung.

Other movies I felt what kind of similar to Mean Girls was Heather's, Jawbreakers.


I had a huge crush on Lohan as a kid, I love red heads.
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September 18th, 2019 at 8:27:25 AM permalink
That movie is great.

Tons of hot chicks, and legitimately funny.
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September 18th, 2019 at 12:13:33 PM permalink
Quote: TigerWu

That movie is great.



I'm tough to please with comedies, but I liked it too. The limit problem was icing on the cake.
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September 18th, 2019 at 12:42:59 PM permalink
You seriously couldn’t wait until October 3’rd (National Mean Girls day) to post this? I am disappointed.


https://youtu.be/3eORqi-n2V0

I think my favorite line of the movie is, “What are marijuana tablets?”
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September 18th, 2019 at 12:47:43 PM permalink
Quote: PokerGrinder

I had a huge crush on Lohan as a kid, I love red heads.

Sure you did.
Oh wait, didn't she have a roll where she cut her hair and played a little boy? That makes sense now(-;
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
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September 18th, 2019 at 1:09:31 PM permalink
Quote: AxelWolf

Sure you did.
Oh wait, didn't she have a roll where she cut her hair and played a little boy? That makes sense now(-;


That was Amanda Bynes.
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September 18th, 2019 at 2:58:59 PM permalink
I know the answer only because I’ve seen the movie a million times. Had I not seen it, I’d have no idea.

Heck, the answer has even become a popular meme.

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September 18th, 2019 at 3:04:18 PM permalink
Love-0——>no limit
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September 18th, 2019 at 3:17:25 PM permalink
Quote: smoothgrh

This poll is so fetch!


smoothgrh, stop trying to make fetch happen! It's not going to happen!
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September 18th, 2019 at 3:26:41 PM permalink
I love attractive women who are good at math. Sadly, you don't come across many. The main character in Mean Girls (played by Lindsay Lohan) excelled in math.


Image: Danica McKellar -- UCLA graduate in math.
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September 18th, 2019 at 5:29:56 PM permalink
In regards to the poll... It's not the size of the calculator, but the battery life that really counts.
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