Calculating The Approximate Density of the Cake from S2E24

[KakeiTheWolf 652]

Probably because it would have made it harder to get it on board the train. They still have to get it on him to have him walk it into there. No matter how short the cart is, it would make it too tall. Unlike a cart, Big Mac could collapse slightly to shorten his stature.

[Znex 936]

Brilliant work, Metyllisk!

[Tupin86 195]

MST3K mantra, people, even though the "explanation" was pretty entertaining.

 

I guess the moral is don't include neutron stars in your cake recipe.

[DrOphthalmos 497]

Probably because it would have made it harder to get it on board the train. They still have to get it on him to have him walk it into there. No matter how short the cart is, it would make it too tall. Unlike a cart, Big Mac could collapse slightly to shorten his stature.

 

They still had to knock down a wall of the train to get the cake in. Not sure I follow how using a cart to comfortably take the cake to the train station would have been a bad idea. Having it on Big Mac's back the whole way with ropes and force field to keep it stable seemed very awkward.

[JhonHipster 124]

To many people with to much time.

[Sunny Fox 5,952]

To add tension to the scene.

[Simcity11100 772]

Now, how did The Cakes manage to put the cake on Big Mac's back?

[Lightningchaser 13]

The cake is a lie the density is a lie everything is a lie

[Twi Rubix 726]

Mind=Blown

Too bad math is my weakest subject.

[Cadence Sparkle 102]

Eh, I'm more impressed that I remembered all the formulas for everything. I haven't taken any math or physics for over 2 years :/

 

MODS BE EDITIN' MAH TOPIC TITLE??!

 

NOW TO MAKE THE mmmm

[KakeiTheWolf 652]

The Cakes' approximate weight would be about 1200 pounds, meaning... 300 pound lift. The cake is probably 250.

 

Also, the cart just adds more problems. You still would have to get it OFF the cart. Safe transfer is easier when it's on Big Mac, who could lower himself closer to the ground.

[Evilshy 5,091]

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I... I don't think I'm going to post here anymore.

 

Although, in my defense, I did say multiple times that my numbers were likely very wrong.

[ponyvangelist 732]

The correct answer is a pound, because it's a pound cake.

 

Nyuck nyuck nyuck.

[KakeiTheWolf 652]

And that's how Equestria was made, everypony.

[Sunny Fox 5,952]

The correct answer is a pound, because it's a pound cake.

 

Nyuck nyuck nyuck.

 

No, this is a Pound Cake:

[ponyvangelist 732]

Touché, and well-played.

[Whatever 2]

Oh my Celestia, that is a lot of calculating...... And I think the cake must be made out of dark matter. Nothing else could possibly be that dense.

[Sunny Fox 5,952]

Touché, and well-played.

 

Why, thank you. XD

Oh my Celestia, that is a lot of calculating...... And I think the cake must be made out of dark matter. Nothing else could possibly be that dense.

 

Neutron star matter is denser, I think. The density of dark matter isn't known, since no one can actually find it or study it.

[Feather Spiral 1,892]

Sorry for reviving an old topic, but we need more of this "fiction science" thing (giving scientific explanations to apparent nonsense in cartoons and games etc).

 

I have a magasine about old TV shows at home, and in one of the articles, they calculate the size of the soccer field in Olive&Tom. I just looked it up and found out it's called Captain Tsubasa in English; it's an anime series where soccer matches become as dramatic and suspenseful as... soccer fanatics think it is IRL.

Anyway, according to the article's calculations, it turns out the field was nearly 1.75 kilometers long. XD

Edited May 6, 2012 by Feather Spiral

[Jomintine 0]

There a youtube video that finds both the heights of the ponies and the mass of the cake:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X6p9NuBSgo

 

For the mass, they find the density of regular cake, find the volume of the cake, and use that to find the mass. 

 

It ends up weighing 146kg.