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I'm a simple emigrant, but here's how entertaining mathematics sounds in German

8/20/2025, 6:45:24 AM

Somehow wrote about physics for German children. So this time the situation turned out similar. At the same kind of event recently there were beer kegs and a beer tap again. I either offered to help out of goodwill, or the game beat me, I can't remember. But, in general, my task was to bring four glasses of beer. I don't really drink beer myself, so I forgot that it's not that fast. For those who don't know: under such pressure and with the simple mechanism from the tap, only foam flows, even if you tilt the glass carefully. You may think that I just don't know how to pour, but no, even if you dance with a tambourine — in the end you'll still have to pour foam, wait for it to settle, pour a new portion, wait again, and so on in circles. But there's also a positive side: by the time the glass fills, you are already sober, and ready for new heights. And so I filled all the glasses; by feel, it seemed to take a hundred years, and I returned to the guys. I said I almost turned pale while this all was filling. And my friend said, didn't you know that „A good Pils takes 7 minutes.“ or «A good beer needs 7 minutes». Of course, I didn't know, otherwise I wouldn't have gone with four glasses at once! But this situation gave me an idea for a fun German math puzzle. If one beer is poured in 3 iterations in 7 minutes, how long would it take to fill four full glasses of 200 ml? And there's even a star question for a bonus point: after how long will Lucy's patience run out standing by the tap? For now you solve the puzzle, and I'll keep my eyes open; who knows, we might collect all school subjects! #curiosities