Braces have Math inside.

A regular person has 28 teeth, and the rubber bands for the braces have 100 in a small bag. Let's find out how many days it will take you to finish them. If you put your rubber bands once a day on your braces here how many days it will last- 28 teeth in 1 mouth, 24 hours in a day, 100 rubber bands use 2= 50 days( 100 divides by 2 = 10). If you don't understand 2 Rubber bands for your braces= One pair. Ok now for people, who put 2 times a day- 28 teeth in 1 mouth 24 hours in a day 100 rubber bands use 4=25 days (100 divides 4 = 25)

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This is literally 100/2. Or 100/4 if you wear twice a day (I've worn braces in the past). No need to complicate it by adding hours and number of teeth which is useless information...

Krishna Karthik - 5 months, 3 weeks ago

:/ I have braces 2 or 3 years I think, it is important because usually, some will put it on and take it off in 2 hours, When I done eating, I have it on and I have it on when I go to sleep. We can say near 24 hours rounded

OOFMATION ANIMATION - 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Yes, but your assumptions completely negate that. Your assumption is that you use exactly 2 sets a day. I used to use new rubber bands after I ate, so I roughly used 2-3 sets of rubberbands each day. So the maths would invariably come down to:

$\displaystyle D = \frac{C}{2n}$ , where $D$ is the number of days your packet would last, $n$ is the number of sets you use a day, and $C$ is the number of rubberbands in your packet.

Very simple maths. No need to factor time in. All you have to do is count the average number of sets you use a day.

Krishna Karthik - 5 months, 3 weeks ago

@Krishna Karthik – sorry I just saw this right on, you said you use brace in the past and use 2-3 set a day, but my doc said use 5 set a day :/, I ain't doing this because I have to keep changing it and yes I do use 2 set a day because I eat a big meal every day so i barely eat in dinner :)

OOFMATION ANIMATION - 3 weeks ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$