gallimaufry ...

2x2is5:

justinw1995:

fuckyeahchemistry:

2x2is5:

I saw this, and the universe suddenly made sense.

[reddit]

After doing some math (graphing a frozen image; 1 pixel= 1 unit), here are my results: Parabola y-y = 203; Parabola x-x = 194; Circle diamater = 194; Median measurement of line graphing ray to graph = 117. Why all the varying numbers? Shouldn’t they all fit in a consistent ratio?

What do you mean by this? If you’ve taken trig, you’ll know that the wave is a cosine wave, which corresponds to the cosine value of the angle of the ray compared to the positive x radius of the circle.

See, if you assume the top of the parabola is 1 unit high, and the radius of the circle 1 unit, then when the ray is horizontal - at 0 degrees - the cosine value is 1. This makes sense, because if you punch in cos(0) into your calculator, you get 1. Same when the ray is 90 degrees from the horizontal - the cosine value is 0, which is also true.

It’s so beautiful :’)

Via 2 x 2 = 5

10am