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Zombies, how long will we live? Math Question......BRAINS?
Do the math! A zombie needs 2 pounds of flesh per day. 80% of zombie bite victims get away and become zombies. A body spoils and it not able to be eaten after 1 week. Every week 1% of zombies are killed by humans.
Limit the variables to what I have provided, we don't need to consider distance and the fact that some people will hide in the middle of nowhere.
Help me!
Average person is 140 pounds or 63kg
1 Answer
- KevinMLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
You left out a very important factor - the initial population sizes of zombies and humans! If we start out with 0 humans, the zombies will die off fast. Let's start by writing out the equations, based on initial populations Z0 and H0. We'll assume that as long as humans are alive, the zombies can find them.
You've also left out the number of people that a zombie successfully attacks per week. Let's assume that's V unique victims (not shared with other Zombies):
If we treat this as a discrete math problem:
Z(0) = Z0
Z(n) = Z(n-1) * 0.99 + Z(n-1) * V * 0.8
H(0) = H0
H(n) = H(n-1) - Z(n-1) * V
Now you can solve these equations and determine how long it will take for all the humans to be dead, and the flesh will be inedible a week later.
