Point Estimate
On the phone, someone asks how long until a friend arrives, and doesn't want the whole life story. Just a point estimate, please: a single best guess.
Transcript
[On the phone] "How long until you get here? No, I don't need your whole life story. Just give me a point estimate."
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-09-03-point-estimate/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)