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Re:ChatGPT-4o vs. Math by tapeaway on Thursday May 16, 2024 @06:01PM (#40383842)
Isn't there an unstated simplification here that:

* the tape is perfectly flexible

* the tape has been rolled with absolutely no gap between layers?

Re:ChatGPT-4o vs. Math by mmmmmmmike on Thursday May 16, 2024 @06:28PM (#40384110)
Yeah, and even given that, there’s the question of how exactly it deforms from its flattened shape to make a spiral (and if this changes the area). I wouldn’t agree with the “correct” answer if the tape was very thick, but given that the answer is .005 cm, it’s probably thin enough that such an approximation is okay.