So the funny thing about this photo is that they put someone actually paid attention in class. If you're relatively familiar with statistics, you know that 256 should seem a little low. Well, by MY MATH, and someone who did pay attention in math class,
There are 9 different items you can put on a hamburger (mayo, mustard, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, pickles, onions, cheese, and bacon), there are also 3 different size burgers (1, 2, or 3 patties)
That comes out to roughly 1,088,640 assuming you don't do anything crazy like no buns, double buns, ranch, etc.
It seems like Wendy's just did a simple on/off probability, but failed to consider all the different combinations that could be possible.
2 comments:
This is awesome. I've seen that cup before, but never actually thought about the number.
Did you attempt to get 256?
For the 256, they identified 8 toppings, and just did a binomial style probability. Basically, They looked at it as, for tomatoes, they're either on or off, for lettuce, it's either on or off. So there are 2 options for each topping, or 2^8=256.
They failed to consider all the real combination that could happen, so what you really want to do, with 9 toppings, is act like their are nine spots on the hamburger:
9 options for the first spot, 8 for the second, 7 for the third, and so on, which gives you 9! then there are 3 "types" based on number of patties.
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