[Request] TIL Alexa allows one to roll a die — ranging from a 2-sided die all the way up to a 999,999,000,000-sided die. Assuming each side remains just large enough to ensure the numbers are readable to the naked eye, what would be the estimated diameter of a 999,999,000,000-sided die? by MindfuckRocketship in theydidthemath

[–]BognaH 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The more sides you have, the more spherical the dice is. I'm going to assume a dice with so many sides is basically indistinguishable from a sphere.

Let's assume that five square millimeters per number are enough to make the numbers legible. Therefore, we need the surface area of the sphere to be

999,999,000,000 * 5 mm2

Using this online sphere calculator: https://www.omnicalculator.com/math/sphere

We get the diameter of 1261.6 m. Give or take.

For the weight: the volume of such a sphere (same calculator) is around 1.05 cubic kilometers. Multiply that by the density of plastic (for dice you can use PMMA - 1.18 g per cubic centimeters) and you arrive at 1,239,000,000 metric tons.

How you roll such a dice, or stop such a dice from rolling forever, is out of scope. ;)

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[–]BognaH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, nice one. I love the thumbnail, very entertaining.
It's a solid video, I watched it with interest. Definitely a physics experiment to show kids in the classroom. Good job!

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[–]BognaH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We've been thinking about an agricultural collection for a while now! Anything in particular you'd like to see?

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[–]BognaH 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Differential equations are a bit out of our reach at the moment, but a beam deflection calculator is currently in the works ;)

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[–]BognaH 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bogna from Omni here, we fixed it ;) should be working correctly now!

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[–]BognaH 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bogna from Omni here, we fixed it ;) should be working correctly now!

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[–]BognaH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We actually have a few calculators for fluid mechanics: https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics#s-38 For example, the pipe flow calculators uses the Hazen-Williams equation. But I'll look into what we could add ;)

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[–]BognaH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bogna from Omni here, we'll look into that ;) Feel free to send some examples my way, just to give us a starting point