Math Genre: Mystery
An equation retold as a mystery story.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025-05-27-math-genres--math-genre-mystery/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Mystery: x² + 16 = 8x [x in Groucho glasses] "Who was this mysterious X, whose square and octuple differed by precisely 16? No one knew. But their curiosity would not rest until satisfied."