Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Slow, Slower, Slowest

2024

A turtle is slow, the DMV is slower, and the logarithm function, which crawls upward forever, is slowest of all.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-01-01-slow-slower-slowest/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

slow [a turtle] · slower [a D.M.V. with a long line] · slowest [graph of y = log x, with 1 cm marked on each axis]

Topics
Functions › LogarithmsFunctions › Rates of GrowthFunctions › Graphing Functions
Level
High SchoolCalculus
Themes
AnimalsEveryday LifeVisual Explanations