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Mathematical 12 days of Christmas

How many gifts do you get?
23 December 2019

Interview with

Amalia Thomas, The Naked Scientists

Part of the show Get Gaming: Naked Scientists Christmas 2019

CHRISTMAS SACK OF PRESENTS

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You get a new gift from your truelove on each of the 12 days of Christmas. But each day, you also get all the previous days' gifts again too. So how many gifts can you expect come Christmas? Amalia Thomas throws down the mathematical gauntlet...

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