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Overdetermined (Lunch)

September 3, 2024From the book Math for English Majors

One person is vegan, one is glucose intolerant, and one wants pizza: lunch is officially overdetermined, with too many constraints for any solution.

Transcript

"So you're vegan, she's glucose intolerant, and he wants pizza… yup, lunch is now officially overdetermined." "Woo! Pizza!"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-09-03-overdetermined/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Topics
Algebra › Systems of EquationsApplied Math › Optimization
Level
High SchoolCollege
Themes
Food