[HN Gopher] Potato Paradox
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       Potato Paradox
        
       Author : throwaway98797
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2022-11-28 00:41 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | markisus wrote:
       | Easier to visualize if you just plot it.
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       | Start with total mass is 100 kg, and 99 kg water, and 1 kg dry.
       | Let x be the kg of water removed. Then the ratio of water to
       | total mass is
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       | (99 - x)/(100 - x) Plot: https://imgur.com/a/oDaKLVo
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       | It's intuitive that until x becomes pretty large, there is
       | negligible effect on the ratio.
        
       | vkjlkdjfa3 wrote:
       | there's no paradox, just a misunderstanding.
        
         | Gunax wrote:
         | I tend to agree, we need another word for 'tricky or misleading
         | problem'.
        
         | tanseydavid wrote:
         | It rolls off the tongue ever so nicely though.
         | 
         | Consider: _The Potato Conundrum_ is just not as fun to say or
         | easily memorable (IMHO).
        
       | excalibur wrote:
       | Why are you assuming that leaving potatoes out overnight would
       | change them from 99% water to 98%? Is your house directly
       | adjacent to an active volcano? Why would you even measure that?
        
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