CTK Insights

My 11 years old boy showed a commendable attention to detail, asking me: "What is wrong with this picture?" (The picture is a part of a side view of a Tropicana Orange Juice carton.)

Do you see what's wrong? Well, for all I know, perhaps nothing. For example, the orange pyramid may occlude a couple of oranges; or perhaps what is shown is what was left of 30 oranges after 16 have been squeezed into the carton. In both cases, mathematics helps make invisible visible. But think about it! Even if the count is unintentionally wrong, again it's the math that tells you that this is so.

Regardless, the juice was great.

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