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The Viral Balloon Puzzle - The REAL Answer Explained (Using Ph.D. Level Math)

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Categories: Brain Teasers   |   Math  
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They say only geniuses can solve this puzzle, and this time they are correct.

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https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/67528/can-you-solve-this-puzzle
http://2000clicks.com/mathhelp/BasicSimplifyingLambertWFunction.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_W_function
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LambertW-Function.html
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=e%5Eproductlog(ln(2))
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuth%27s_up-arrow_notation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetration

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