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[–] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (15 children)

I tried to calculate how much this kitty would have to weigh to make a blackhole and... I found 3.13*(e)^(-27). Society is so fucking lucky I didn't decide to study math

Edit: my painkillers finally kicked in and I redid my calculation: Assuming the cat as a sphere with 15 cm radius, the cat would have to weigh 1.00994318 e26 kg which isn't as glaringly wrong as my previous calculation. (omg I wrote e^-27 whats wrong with me)

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago (14 children)

I don't even know what that equation means. I am in awe of you

[–] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if the problem was with the e, that just means how many times you multiply it with 10, 1.87e4 = 1.87 * 10^4 = 18700. (ignore me writing it with an exponent in my original "calculation")

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, the exponent threw me for quite a loop, too. Had me wondering what kind of formula you used to get Euler's Number involved. 🙃

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