How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsy pop

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anonymous · Answer

depends on how long it is

jlastino · Answer

ummm...pass?

anonymous · Answer

Let's find out *unwraps tootsy pop and proceeds to lick it* One..TwohooHOO.....Three...*bites the lollipop clean off*

anonymous · Answer

I guess the world may never know....

anonymous · Answer

lol @ninhi5 ,  "depends on how LONG it is"  :)

anonymous · Answer

what's wrong with that?

anonymous · Answer

it's a lollipop...

jlastino · Answer

@dpalnc so it depends how "BIG" it is :))

anonymous · Answer

ok guys this is supposed to be a meeting place for learning....  

actually, my teacher did a math "lab" on this when I took calc.  we didn't acutally figure out the number of licks to get to the center of the lollipop but we figured out the rate at which the lollipop was decreasing so we could approximate the answer.  it was cool..

dumbcow · Answer

why is this question still open ?

anonymous · Answer

If you had a big enough class, you could have each person conduct their own experiment, and then you could construct a bell curve using the mean and standard deviation.

anonymous · Answer

That'd be fun.