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The Internet finally catches up to the OT, about 10 years late

Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:28 am
Posted by East Coast Band
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:28 am
Posted by tilco
Spanish Fort, AL
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:37 am to
Soooo glad I spent time solving retarded math questions in school. I’ve used this particular one many times.
This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 5:38 am
Posted by white perch
the bright, happy side of hell
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:37 am to
288
Posted by Pedro
Geaux Hawks
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:43 am to
350
Posted by LSUtiger89
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:53 am to
Yep 288
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:55 am to
2
Posted by Riggle
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:56 am to
As someone who teaches math, this captures why people hate it. The only interesting thing here is unclear notation, which undermines the point of learning math at all
Posted by speedybaw
Member since Apr 2025
45 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 6:18 am to
How is the answer not 2?

Posted by drexyl
Mingovia
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23275 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 6:22 am to
It’s 2
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
13497 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 6:24 am to
quote:

How is the answer not 2?

Because once you solve the addition problem inside the parenthesis the 2(12) becomes a multiplication step, which is equal to the division step. Since the division step comes first when reading left to right you divide 48 by 2 to get 24. You then multiply 24 by 12 to get 288.
Posted by Tschool
Zachary
Member since Jan 2004
132 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 6:25 am to
In the way it is written, that is not the order of operation.

48/2 * 12
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 6:34 am to
The doctor is the boy’s mother.
Posted by jacksajester
Metry
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 6:40 am to
quote:

How is the answer not 2?


Holy don’t know math
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
30612 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 6:57 am to
288
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
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30612 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 6:58 am to
quote:

As someone who teaches math, this captures why people hate it. The only interesting thing here is unclear notation, which undermines the point of learning math at all



I don’t really see what’s not clear in it?
Posted by Riggle
Member since Feb 2013
3998 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 7:13 am to
quote:

I don’t really see what’s not clear in it?


I feel like the classical division symbol makes these type of expressions harder to parce (recalling PEMDAS), versus using fractions to denote division
Posted by jpainter6174
Boss city
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 7:15 am to
Pemdas
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
79617 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 7:15 am to
Holy shite people it is 288.

Even ChatGPT will tell you it is 288
This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 7:19 am
Posted by LSUtiger89
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
4180 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 7:17 am to
Yall need to learn order of operations.

Mathematician explains this exact equation.
This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 7:21 am
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
29297 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 7:20 am to
Never wonder about these again.

Google math solver

This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 7:28 am
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