1024 possible ways to order a BK Whopper?

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dakata24

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i just had lunch today at BK and on the bag, it has moments in history for the whopper for the 45yr anniversary of the whopper...

for 1974 it says:



<< HAVE IT YOUR WAY ad campaign airs and offers customers 1024 possible ways to order their Whopper sandwich. >>



are they just implying that you can get it basically any way you want (and not really 1024) or what... :p
 
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<< i just had lunch today at BK and on the bag, it has moments in history for the whopper for the 45yr anniversary of the whopper...

for 1974 it says:



<< HAVE IT YOUR WAY ad campaign airs and offers customers 1024 possible ways to order their Whopper sandwich. >>



are they just implying that you can get it basically any way you want (and not really 1024) or what... :p >>



Probably 1024 variations of lettuce, ketchup, tomato, onion, pickle, etc.

Not that I was alive in 1974 to know for sure though.

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Thegonagle

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<< there 10 different cr@p you can put on a whooper? >>

Ha ha ha, there's probably more! And you're not even considering that you can order extra cr@p on your whopper. There's more than 1024 ways!

Lettuce, onion, mayo, catsup, pickles, cheese, bacon, BBQ sauce, tomatoes, mustard, extra beef (double Whopper), no beef (veggie Whopper), probably tarter sauce if you wanted it, etc. You want to calculate that out? I don't.
 
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<<

<< there 10 different cr@p you can put on a whooper? >>

Ha ha ha, there's probably more! And you're not even considering that you can order extra cr@p on your whopper. There's more than 1024 ways!

Lettuce, onion, mayo, catsup, pickles, cheese, bacon, BBQ sauce, tomatoes, mustard, extra beef (double Whopper), no beef (veggie Whopper), probably tarter sauce if you wanted it, etc. You want to calculate that out? I don't. >>



It's actually pretty easy.

2^11, or (1^10)*3 if you want to include the no beef option. That's without tartar sauce, BTW.

Think of it like a binary number, all the items are either there or not. The beef has three possibilities if you include the no beef.

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SuperCyrix

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I have a hard time deciding which tastes worst.
The meatless Big Mac or the Dry Whopper. Then I head down to Carl's Jr and all is good.
 
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<< I have a hard time deciding which tastes worst.
The meatless Big Mac or the Dry Whopper. Then I head down to Carl's Jr and all is good. >>



Dry Whopper?

Every time I get a Whopper it's dripping in mayo. :disgust:
 
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Thegonagle

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<<

<<

<< there 10 different cr@p you can put on a whooper? >>

Ha ha ha, there's probably more! And you're not even considering that you can order extra cr@p on your whopper. There's more than 1024 ways!

Lettuce, onion, mayo, catsup, pickles, cheese, bacon, BBQ sauce, tomatoes, mustard, extra beef (double Whopper), no beef (veggie Whopper), probably tarter sauce if you wanted it, etc. You want to calculate that out? I don't. >>



It's actually pretty easy.

2^11, or (1^10)*3 if you want to include the no beef option. That's without tartar sauce, BTW.

Think of it like a binary number, all the items are either there or not. The beef has three possibilities if you include the no beef.

Viper GTS >>

But what about light mayo, catsup, lettuce, etc? A Whopper is not a binary experience! :D

I think I know what I'm having for lunch. I don't know how I'll order it though.
 
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<<

<<

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<< there 10 different cr@p you can put on a whooper? >>

Ha ha ha, there's probably more! And you're not even considering that you can order extra cr@p on your whopper. There's more than 1024 ways!

Lettuce, onion, mayo, catsup, pickles, cheese, bacon, BBQ sauce, tomatoes, mustard, extra beef (double Whopper), no beef (veggie Whopper), probably tarter sauce if you wanted it, etc. You want to calculate that out? I don't. >>



It's actually pretty easy.

2^11, or (1^10)*3 if you want to include the no beef option. That's without tartar sauce, BTW.

Think of it like a binary number, all the items are either there or not. The beef has three possibilities if you include the no beef.

Viper GTS >>

But what about light mayo, catsup, lettuce, etc? A Whopper is not a binary experience! :D

I think I know what I'm having for lunch. I don't know how I'll order it though. >>



True...

How many levels would you like?

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SuperCyrix

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Actually, I shouldn't be so harsh I the whooper.
It's actually pretty good food, for my dogs. Heck, they don't care which of the 1024 or perhaps more combination you
serve them the whooper with. They'll gobble it right up 5 gallons of Mayo and all. They won't even care if you put
a dead cat in the whooper (it's possible).
 
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Thegonagle

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<< Actually, I shouldn't be so harsh I the whooper.
It's actually pretty good food, for my dogs. >>

LOL


There are 4 levels of "thereness" for most of the toppings, none, light, normal, and extra. It boggles the mind. The possibilities are nearly endless!
 
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Thegonagle

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Extra hot means extra nuked. I forgot that you could even order them extra hot, fresh off the broiler (takes an extra long time), or cut in half. But that page still doesn't offer nearly enough possibilities.
 
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ScottyB

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I used to work at BK. You couldn't imagine the amounts of stuff I put on the sandwiches. I put around three times the amount normally and when people pissed me off, oh man. I would put a stack of onions about 2 inches high on some peoples and sometimes I would put around a cup of mayo. This one day my friend and I were bored and we put french fries and stuff in the sandwiches and we put about 15 or 16 pieces of cheese on this one guys double cheeseburger.
 
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ScottyB

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Oh I forgot. Never, ever order food and not ask for it fresh. Trust me on this one.
 
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MeanMeosh

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umm, 1024 is quite a small number, that's just 10 options.

think of it this way, the 10 options being lettuce, onions, pickles, tomato, mayo, mustard, ketchup, cheese, bacon, and bbq, in that order. if you want one of those toppings, its represented by a 1, else a 0.

so, if you wanted none of that, it would be:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

if you wanted only bbq:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

if you wanted bacon and bbq:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

and so on and so forth until you want everything:
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

the number of choices available is 2^10 = 1024.

and garfang named at least 13 items in his post :p
 
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ShadowDJ

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Man you guys have too much time on your hands.
rolleye.gif

Not that i'm any different though. But really, figuring out the number of combos... Shame on you for not trusting BK's math. lol.
 
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Thegonagle

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I'm not trying to figure out all the possible combinations, just pointing out that their math is obviously flawed.

It's moot now, I just decided to order a pizza. :p
 
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SuperCyrix

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hahaha...burger king and math/satistics, who would have thought they end up on the same thread.
now the only thing missing is a naked woman.
 
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MeanMeosh

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<< hahaha...burger king and math/satistics, who would have thought they end up on the same thread.
now the only thing missing is a naked woman. >>



acutally my explanation was done via electrical and computer engineering, as i used binary to figure it out :p
 
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