All you math nerds out there....

[empressmiaka]

This is why you don't upset an engineer.

Comments

[illuminari]

.002

[empressmiaka]

My husband and I are debating as to whether or not he meant the series to go from 1 to infinity (and made a mistake) or how he got a bill for .2 cents.

[zqfmbg]

Sums of the partial series are (1 - 1/2^n) for n terms.

So I don't see what's wrong with the infinite series part. :)

[empressmiaka]

See I don't do this type of math regularly. 0_0 I thought that if the series when from 1 to infinity, it becomes 2. ?? lol

[zqfmbg]

e^i*pi = cos pi + i sin pi = -1

1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + ... = 1

Total sum = 0.002

So, 2 tenths of a cent?

[empressmiaka]

Yeah, as I said above, I don't get if he got some ridiculous bill of .2 cents, or if he meant for that series to go from 1 to infinity.

[arafel]

There's a lot of dithering around the writing, so this is probably photoshopped. Still funny.

[empressmiaka]

Doh! I don't get email notifications while at work (can't check my email) so I just posted an update about where it can be found! LOL

[skibaer]

my head hurts after listening to some of those recordings...

[waffle_party]

this made me happy