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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by wischi@programming.dev to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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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[-] MrMobius@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Yes of course, we always used fractions so there was no ambiguity. Last time I saw the division symbol must have been in primary school!

[-] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

You would've done dividing by fractions in high school, which requires both. Fractions and division aren't the same thing.

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