He sometimes mentioned the problem in his lectures. The problem is often called the “Frobenius Problem,” after German mathematician Ferdinand Frobenius.
But the original version of the problem goes all the way back to the late 1800s, long before McDonald’s even existed. The Chicken McNugget version of the problem probably originated in 1990 on the online newsgroup rec.puzzles, and it was printed in 1991 in Ilan Vardi’s book Computational Recreations in Mathematica. You cannot buy 43 nuggets with packs of 6, 9 and 20, but you can buy any amount larger than 43. What is the largest number of McNuggets that you can’t buy with packs of 6, 9 and 20?Īfter putting in their blood, sweat, and tears, the mathematicians found that the answer is 43. Mathematicians wanted to answer this question: On the other hand, you can’t buy 11 nuggets at a time if your only options are 6, 9 and 20: it’s impossible. So of course, if you want 12 McNuggets, you can buy two packs of 6. In the United Kingdom, McDonald’s used to only sell Chicken McNuggets in packs of 6, 9 and 20 (and unfortunately, none of them looked like Jungkook).
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How to Apply the Chicken McNugget Theorem to the BTS Meal.How to Prove the Chicken McNugget Theorem.Where the Chicken McNugget Theorem Came From (hint: the 1800s).In honor of the BTS Chicken McNugget meal, I’m going to explain the Chicken McNugget Theorem and its proof. Why? Because of a math theorem appropriately called the Chicken McNugget Theorem. For example, it used to be mathematically impossible to order 43 McNuggets at any McDonald’s in the United Kingdom. The promotion is over now (at least in the U.S.), but there is still lots to learn about Chicken McNuggets. Can you imagine how much someone would pay for a McNugget that looks like Jungkook? Never underestimate how much people will pay for 1) food that looks like pop culture and 2) anything BTS-related. And of course, there was that McNugget from the BTS meal that sold for nearly $100,000 on eBay because it looked like an Among Us character, which really makes me think McDonald’s should’ve shaped the BTS McNuggets to look like BTS. Artist Josiah Chua turned the packaging into these fire sneakers. The BTS meal was sold out at nearly every McDonald’s. on May 26, 2021, and for a brief moment it felt like BTS and McNuggets were inseparable from each other. The collab between McDonald’s and K-Pop group BTS launched in the U.S. Throughout the past month, the BTS Chicken McNugget meal has been everywhere. Photo by Food Photographer David Fedulov on Unsplash
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