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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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[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

bidmas

brackets, index (powers), division, multiplication, addition, subtraction.

brackets are always first that's the whole point of brackets

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