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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

https://zeta.one/viral-math/

I wrote a (very long) blog post about those viral math problems and am looking for feedback, especially from people who are not convinced that the problem is ambiguous.

It's about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think it's worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but I'm probably biased because I wrote it :)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

6/2=3

3(1+2)=9

You just did division before brackets, which goes against order of operations rules.

For me to read the whole of 2(1+2) as the denominator in a fraction

You just need to know The Distributive Law and Terms.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

The linked article is wrong. Read this - has, you know, actual Maths textbook references in it, unlike the article.