Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Floor Solution

September 21, 2017

A flooring store renamed from 'Superior' to 'Inferior' Floor Solutions suddenly fills with customers; a nod to the floor function and infimum/supremum.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-09-21-floor-solution/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[Store sign: "SUPERIOR FLOOR SOLUTIONS"] A: "Why will no one shop at our business?" B: "Maybe it's because the name is paradoxical. 'Superior' means 'above,' but floors are below." A: "Hmm..."

[Store renamed "INFERIOR FLOOR SOLUTIONS," now packed with customers] B: "Nailed it."

Topics
Functions › Floor & Ceiling FunctionsAdvanced Math › Real AnalysisMath Culture › Vocabulary & Notation
Level
High SchoolCollege
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Language & WordplayMoney & ShoppingPuns