Maths question

[Glover_elbow]

Do you mean something like this, Lefty, with the people in the centre and the circles having a diameter of 2 metres?

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all i can see is breasts

 

[king_hellfire]

Aw come on king_h what are you doing, the suspense is killing me

Sorry, Ingleby, it’s nothing exciting, mate

One of the top bosses is nipping round to thank us for working through the lockdown period so they’re panicking about whether or not we’ll have enough floor space to safely plonk us all and I thought I’d see if there was an optimum layout for the size of the area we’ve got to work with, and the number of staff we’ll have in.
To be honest with you there’s only a couple of us who are still socially distancing. The rest of them seem to have given up on it now. You need eyes in the back if your head to avoid them approaching and passing from all directions.

 

[king_hellfire]

all i can see is breasts

I was thinking the same thing as I was doing it

 

[king_hellfire]

Your hexagon example can get 1 more person in the middle of each triangle - think of it as 6 equilateral triangles with seven vertices (people). I think a row of 24 equilateral triangles (sides = 2 m) alternating with 24 inverted triangles in between might do it. That's got 50 vertices and no wasted space

Edit: Sorry, thought it was just a maths problem. I've just seen your update

Looking at it I reckon you’re right, mate. Thanks

 

[king_hellfire]

I think this answers the question you're asking:

https://plus.maths.org/content/maths-minute-social-distancing

Basically, very much along the lines that JackG has suggested.

Thanks, I was looking for something like that

 

[Ingleby_Flash]

Hold the meeting in the pub, you can get much closer together

 

[1finny]

Sorry to be a party pooper
Your ‘top bosses’ want to thank people for working during lockdown in a space that is bound to compromise the safety of those very people.

How thoughtful

 

[Randy]

How do you get the ones in the middle out and maintain 2m

How do they do it on trains and buses?

 

[Boro in Devon]

Have you thought about using different heights ?

 

[1finny]

Have you thought about using different heights ?

Of people?

 

[Lefty]

I asked my son, who is a bit of a maths geek and he thought for a minute and said 'that will be hard'

After a few minutes he said 'I think it would be best to start by drawing the circles but with a 2m radius, then place the next people right on the circumference and use equilateral triangles to work out where on the circumferences to place people. Right, I'm off back to my X-box.'

Seems quite like the answer on the link.

 

[turnoffsaysthestar]

People have body mass (some more than others) so to keep people 2m apart body mass must be catered for.

 

[Ingleby_Flash]

Face masks?

 

[king_hellfire]

Hold the meeting in the pub, you can get much closer together

They would if they could. Not one of them is interested in social distancing.

 

[king_hellfire]

I asked my son, who is a bit of a maths geek and he thought for a minute and said 'that will be hard'

After a few minutes he said 'I think it would be best to start by drawing the circles but with a 2m radius, then place the next people right on the circumference and use equilateral triangles to work out where on the circumferences to place people. Right, I'm off back to my X-box.'

Seems quite like the answer on the link.

I’m glad you said ‘like the answer on the link’ or I’d have been lost with that reply

 

[king_hellfire]

Sorry to be a party pooper
Your ‘top bosses’ want to thank people for working during lockdown in a space that is bound to compromise the safety of those very people.

How thoughtful

Yeah, I know, I agree mate. It’s just a token gesture really cos social distancing is nothing but a fond memory at our place. It’s a nightmare.