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Diamonds Three Ways

September 18, 2018From the book Math with Bad Drawings

Diamonds graphed three ways: in reality they come in discrete lumps, in an economic model they make a smooth curve, and in a heist movie you take all of them at once.

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[Three graphs of diamonds] In Reality: [discrete dots] · In Economic Model: [a smooth line] · In Ultimate Heist: [a vertical line]

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-09-18-diamonds-three-ways/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Topics
Applied Math › EconomicsAlgebra › Continuous vs. DiscreteApplied Math › Mathematical Modeling
Level
High SchoolCollege
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Money & ShoppingPop Culture