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Cheesecake Calories

June 6, 2017

Text only: a mock letter from a restaurant chain spinning its high-calorie cheesecake by pointing to the infinitely many calories it doesn't contain.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-06-06-cheesecake-calories/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

"Dear Health-Conscious Consumers, Admittedly, a single slice of our cheesecake may have as many as 1500 calories. But just think how many calories they don't have — it's nearly limitless! — Cheesecake Factory"

Topics
Sets & Infinity › InfinitySets & Infinity › ComplementsNumber & Arithmetic › Large Numbers
Level
Middle SchoolHigh School
Themes
FoodLetters & NotesMoney & Shopping