Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Probability in Your Profession: Mission Impossible Agent

2015

An action hero's scale where 'mission success' is just a streak.

Use this cartoon

Free for classrooms, worksheets, slides and other non-commercial use under CC BY-NC 4.0, with credit to Ben Orlin.

Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-what-does-probability-mean-in-your-profession--probability-in-your-profession-mission-impossible-agent/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

Mission Impossible Agent (probability of mission success): "5 for 5 so far" (at 0) · [what would that even mean?] (everything else)

Topics
Probability › Probability ScaleProbability › Likelihood Language
Level
Middle SchoolHigh SchoolAP StatisticsAll Ages
Themes
Work & JobsPop CultureVisual ExplanationsLanguage & WordplayPolitics