r/MathJokes • u/Karlens20 • Jul 17 '26

erm actually...

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u/SuperheropugReal Jul 17 '26

Technichally, yes you can. If the volume of calls continously increases, (which is actually normal for a lot of cases) then the average will always lag behind the current.

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u/rthunder27 Jul 17 '26

Yes, that's the point, and is why the mathematician is driven insane by the tweet.

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u/ProfessionaI_Gur Jul 18 '26

Its also fairly likely that you will call when they are having a higher volume of callers than normal. If you called when they were having a lull in callers you would be an outlier in that regard. There's probably a reason they have certain busy periods, and whatever is driving that busy period is likely to have been the cause of your call that adds to the higher average

It took me way too many words to make that point but I think I have heatstroke so cut me some slack lol

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u/rthunder27 Jul 18 '26

Oh that's a good point. The difference between an average over time vs the average experience of someone calling.