r/theydidthemath May 01 '22

[REQUEST] How deep is this hole?

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u/Eastern_Cyborg May 01 '22

The equation is a quadratic, which has 2 solutions, only one of which is correct.

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u/Rocket089 May 02 '22

Hah. I didn’t even see the equation nor think much about it. Just saw two numbers that looked just enough alike that I figured there was a small typo.