"A problem which reveals the failure of Math: there are 28
seats, all side-by-side in a row, along one wall of a bus depot. How many
people do they seat?
"14, if no one is a dick, because generous people only take
up three seats, one for the butt, and two as a barrier on either side so no one
will sit near them. More likely, 12 or 13 people fit, though more if some
arrive in couples without so much entitlement about baggage. You might squeeze
18 people onto 28 seats if you have some genuine humanitarians in the depot.
And it will hold even fewer if there are some economy sized butts in the mix. Not least because of the number of people who believe that fat is contagious and will want extra seats between them and the adipose tissue.
ReplyDeleteutterly broken indeed! I always am fascinated by this. Every time I enter a hospital's waiting room it's such fun to watch the first person who has to sit between two others. They always look around the room like deer in headlights!
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