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Using the EXTREMELY well-known <math>Goofy Goober's Law</math>, the formula for the relationship of chickens to woodchucks can be derived using the formula <math>C^2=4W_0 mc</math>, where <math>C</math> is the average amount of money given to each chicken, <math>W_0</math> is how much wood a woodchuck would chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood, <math>m</math> represents the weight of your mother, and <math>c</math> is the constant correlation coefficient. Since the average amount of money given to each chicken is <math>1255/2</math>, this is the value of <math>C</math>. Therefore, we can plug these values into the equation to get that <math>W_0=999</math>. Thus, the answer is <math>\boxed{999}</math>.
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Using the EXTREMELY well-known <math>Goofy Goober's Law</math>, the formula for the relationship of chickens to woodchucks can be derived using the formula <math>C^2=4W_0 mc</math>, where <math>C</math> is the average amount of money given to each chicken, <math>W_0</math> is how much wood a woodchuck would chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood, <math>m</math> represents the weight of your mother, and <math>c</math> is the constant catastrophic correlation coefficient. Since the average amount of money given to each chicken is <math>1255/2</math>, this is the value of <math>C</math>. Therefore, we can plug these values into the equation to get that <math>W_0=999</math>. Thus, the answer is <math>\boxed{999}</math>.
  
 
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Revision as of 01:29, 24 January 2024

If your $400$ pound mother gave at least $1$ and at most $1254$ dollars to every chicken in the world, then how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Solution

Using the EXTREMELY well-known $Goofy Goober's Law$, the formula for the relationship of chickens to woodchucks can be derived using the formula $C^2=4W_0 mc$, where $C$ is the average amount of money given to each chicken, $W_0$ is how much wood a woodchuck would chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood, $m$ represents the weight of your mother, and $c$ is the constant catastrophic correlation coefficient. Since the average amount of money given to each chicken is $1255/2$, this is the value of $C$. Therefore, we can plug these values into the equation to get that $W_0=999$. Thus, the answer is $\boxed{999}$.

See also

2024 AIME I (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
2023 AIME I, II
Followed by
2024 AIME II, 2025 AIME I, II
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