Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

System #1: Bidding

April 5, 2022From the book Math Games with Bad Drawings

Two players settle who goes first by bidding for it, which only moves the argument to who bids first.

Transcript

[Title] "System #1: Bidding" [1] "To begin the game, I…" "No! I want to go first!" [2] "Okay, let's bid for the right to go first." "Fair enough." [3] "To open the bidding, I…" "No! I want to bid first!"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2022-04-05-system-1-bidding/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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