How thick is a three-sided coin?

2018-01-23

[public] 931K views, 22.7K likes, 673 dislikes audio only

UPDATE: We never cracked this. I swear I will return to it again one day.

Help us calculate the thickness of a three-sided coin! The bonus video explains how you can get involved. We expanded the audience participation aspect loads after we filmed the main video; which is why a whole second video was required.

https://youtu.be/xN5_VO7Nbu8

All the links for the various resources are over here.

http://think-maths.co.uk/threesidedcoin

Here is the form to sign-up and ask nicely to borrow Hugh’s coins.

http://bit.ly/coinrequest

Buy or print your own cylindrical coins.

https://www.shapeways.com/shops/mathgrrl?section=Education&s=0

Report your data back to us.

http://bit.ly/coinsubmit

And if you are really bored, here is over an hour of Hugh and I flipping coins. Look, it was late at night.

http://youtu.be/tsQv_0hU4Ow

CORRECTIONS

- None yet. Let me know if you spot anything!

Thanks to my Patreon supporters who made these ridiculous projects possible. Here is a random subset:

Edmund Harriss

Mikko Manninen

Magesh Jayapandian

Sjoerd Wennekes

Kelly Havlik

Cameron Ball

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https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths

Music by Howard Carter

Filming and editing by Trunkman Productions

Audio mastering by Peter Doggart

Design by Simon Wright

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician

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