Inside the parens first, so it becomes 2 + 5*3
Then tou do multiplication before addition, so 2 + 15
Then addition, so 17
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SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 5 hours ago
I feel like I am getting trolled
Isn’t 17 the actual right answer?
Inside the parens first, so it becomes 2 + 5*3
Then tou do multiplication before addition, so 2 + 15
Then addition, so 17
Yeah I know that. But I was feeling confused as to why it was here. That’s why I was feeling trolled, because it made me doubt basic math for being posted in a memes community.
Because OP posts garbage to all the meme communities.
This shit take got deleted right in front of my eyes
The system works
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They did the joke wrong. To do it right you need to use the ÷ symbol. Because people never use that after they learn fraction, people treat things like a + b ÷ c + d as
a + b ----- c + d
Or (a + b) ÷ (c + d) when they should be treating it as a + (b ÷ c) + d.
That’s the most common one of these “troll.math” tricks. Because notating as
a + b + d - c
Is much more common and useful. Do people get used to grouping everything around the division operator as if they’re in parentheses.
Alternatively, the poster calculated the wrong answer, thus assuming this guy was wrong.
There is no answer. Because there is no question.
That is a problem, tho
NewDark@lemmings.world 5 hours ago
Exactly
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
So it’s just an unfunny meme?
NewDark@lemmings.world 4 hours ago
I think it’s meant to play with your expectations. Normally someone’s take being posted is to show them being confidently stupid, otherwise it isn’t as interesting and doesn’t go viral.However, because we’re primed to view it from that lens, we feel crazy to think we’re doing the math correctly and getting the “wrong answer” from what we assume is the “confident dipshit”.
There’s layers beyond the superficial.
namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 4 minutes ago
I fell for it. It’s crazy to think how heavily I’ve been trained to believe everything I see is wrong in the most embarrassing and laughable way possible. That’s pretty depressing if you think about it.
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 5 hours ago
As most memes are.
Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Not even a meme.