Saturday, November 24, 2012

Honey, I mis-calculated my math?

In this Honey, I Shrunk the Kids trailer (an amazing movie...) at 0:41 the littlest kid does some calculations. "We're a quarter of an inch tall and 64 feet from the house. That's the equivalent of 3.2 miles."



If his calculations are correct, how tall were the kids originally? Whose height was he using to make his calculations?

Other questions that might be relevant:
-How did he know "we're a quarter of an inch tall"?
-If all the kids are a quarter of an inch tall, did the shrink ray really work? Alternately, if all kids are not a quarter of an inch tall, did the shrink ray really work?
-What evidence is there in the video that the kid's calculations are off?