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Love of a Band Is Not Distributive

2022

Loving a band doesn't distribute over its members once it breaks up.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2022-01-01-love-of-a-band-is-not-distributive/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

♥ (singer + guitarist + bassist + drummer) ≠ ♥ singer + ♥ guitarist + ♥ bassist + ♥ drummer

[Caption] "Sadly, love of a band is not distributive over that band breaking up."

Topics
Number & Arithmetic › Distributive PropertyAlgebra › Properties of Operations
Level
Middle SchoolHigh School
Themes
Poems & SongsPop CultureFamily & Relationships