Obelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoA fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 monthswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down125
arrow-up1204arrow-down1external-linkA fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 monthswww.engadget.comObelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-squareRobust Mirror@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·26 days agoAnother person already replied using your equation, but I felt the need to reply with a simpler one as well that shows it: 9-1+3=? Subtraction first: 8+3=11 Addition first: 9-4=5
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours ago Addition first: 9-4=5 Nope. Addition first is 9+3-1=12-1=11. You did 9-(1+3), incorrectly adding brackets and changing the answer (thus a wrong answer)
Another person already replied using your equation, but I felt the need to reply with a simpler one as well that shows it:
9-1+3=?
Subtraction first:
8+3=11
Addition first:
9-4=5
Nope. Addition first is 9+3-1=12-1=11. You did 9-(1+3), incorrectly adding brackets and changing the answer (thus a wrong answer)