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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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[–] doctorn@r.nf 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

I don't see the problem actually.

  1. Everything between ()
  2. Exponents
  3. multiply and devision
  4. plus and minus
  5. Always work from left to right.

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  1. 1+2= 3

  2. No exponents

    • 6 devised by 2 (whether a fraction or not) is 3
    • 3 times 3 is 9

  4. Nothing remains

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