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How to pronounce “potato paradox”
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- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of potato paradox with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Sweet Potatoes: Roasted & Made into a Pie
JENNA TAYLOR: Do you want to talk about sweet potatoes?
- Definition summary
- (mathematics) A calculation having a counterintuitive result: "Fred brings home 100 kg of potatoes, which consist of 99% water. He then leaves them outside overnight so that they consist of 98% water. What is their new weight?" The surprising answer is 50 kg.
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How to pronounce potato paradox
Sweet Potatoes: Roasted & Made into a Pie
JENNA TAYLOR: Do you want to talk about sweet potatoes?
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “potato paradox”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (mathematics) A calculation having a counterintuitive result: "Fred brings home 100 kg of potatoes, which consist of 99% water. He then leaves them outside overnight so that they consist of 98% water. What is their new weight?" The surprising answer is 50 kg.
- (economics) The paradoxical nature of Giffen goods, where people consume more as the price rises.
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