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Rapunzel's Trade-Off

June 6, 2018Original blog post

Rapunzel graphs her options: as hair length grows, brushing gets less convenient but escape gets more convenient. It's a trade-off.

Transcript

[Graph: convenience vs. hair length; "brushing" falls, "escape" rises] Rapunzel: "Well… it's a trade-off, I suppose…"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-06-06-rapunzel-s-trade-off/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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Functions › GraphsFunctions › Increasing FunctionsFunctions › Decreasing Functions
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Middle SchoolHigh School
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Literature & MythVisual Explanations