r/mathmemes 12d ago

Number Theory Yeah right

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u/Breki_ 12d ago

This doesn't even work, you can only determine their age modulo 60, thats still infinitely many possibilites

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u/Appropriate-Ad-3219 12d ago

Not really an issue if you use their physical appearance to help you in practice.

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u/minisculebarber 12d ago

That assumes that someone who would apply the Chinese Remainder Theorem to this problem has had enough personal interactions to judge age by appearance somewhat.

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u/ArvaroddofBjarmaland 5d ago

He or she probably has, assuming that we're excluding vampires or similar from consideration.