and says “I want ten times what everyone else is drinking.”

The bartender is impressed and replies “Now that is an order of magnitude.”

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        9 months ago

        We have a factor. 10x is a linear function

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      9 months ago

      It’s constant. Or is it? I don’t have the extended reals rules memorized, but it looks constant to me.

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        It’s a constant factor and therefore a linear function