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The Golden Ratio of Ice Cream Sundaes

September 19, 2023Original blog post

A 'golden ratio' for ice cream sundaes that isn't 1.618.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2023-09-19-the-other-golden-ratios--the-golden-ratio-of-ice-cream-sundaes/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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"The Golden Ratio of Ice Cream Sundaes" A: "But… doesn't that much hot fudge leave you sugar-blasted and punishingly thirsty?" B: "Mmm, exactly." [Ice Cream : Hot Fudge = 1 : 1]

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