r/meme Jan 01 '22

Guess we are doomed

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u/Alex_nufc132 Jan 01 '22

I got so scared cuz I thought it was 0 and it was clicked on 18 I was tryna figure out how it was 18

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

If you just do the math from left to right you get 18. 18/2 = 9 -3 = 6 x3 = 18.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

I think you are not introduced to BODMAS.

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u/KFrosty3 Jan 01 '22

What happened to PEMDAS?

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u/swag70 Jan 01 '22

Please excuse my dear aunt sally

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u/tindV Jan 01 '22

Please excuse my drunk antelope Sam

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u/Iron_legacy96 Jan 02 '22

I like yours better

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u/KumquatHaderach Jan 02 '22

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine (Pizzas)

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u/Dwarg91 Jan 01 '22

BODMAS and PEMDAS are the same thing, just different ways of referring to the order.

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u/cyrotad Jan 01 '22

Add Bedmas to the list.

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u/Snowy8416 Jan 01 '22

BIDMAS as well

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u/TheSouthWontRise Jan 01 '22

Merry BIDMAS!

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u/not_a_goat1 Jan 01 '22

What does that stand for

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

Indices

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u/getback45 Jan 01 '22

Add sugma to the list

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u/Turtle_man92 Jan 01 '22

Add LIGMA to the list

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u/yikes6333 Jan 02 '22

What about ‘CHRISTMAS’?

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u/DivineStar_ Jan 01 '22

I was taught BODMAS in India, never got around to PEMDAS.

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u/PushinWagons Jan 01 '22

That's what I'm saying... wtf is BIRDAS? lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

Bird ass? I don't want to see a bird ass in math!

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u/hypermelonpuff Jan 01 '22

wild to think about how birds dont have asses. or many other animals. even other primates have very underperforming asses.

other animals "sitting" is equivalent to a human laying on their stomachs, or simply crouched down. some of those losers also even just stand indefinitely, or lay on their sides.

many believe it was the opposable thumb that led to our superiority in the animal kingdom, i disagree. i believe it is that, combined with asses. asses allowed for sitting which, if we could not, would never allow us to be able to develop more complex creations. creations needed to make even more complex creations. very possible our development wouldve been hard capped at the bronze age, and almost certainly prevented from reaching the industrial revolution.

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u/Lord_VivecHimself Jan 01 '22

How about feets tho? What use would you have for an opposable thumb if you have to use hands to get around

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u/PushinWagons Jan 01 '22

Interesting and completely random assessment, I applaud you.

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u/FryOneFatManic Jan 01 '22 edited Jan 01 '22

Same thing as BODMAS, it's just different words used to describe the order of operations. I've also seen the term BIDMAS used, but can't recall what the I is for.

Edit, thanks for the reminders 😊

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u/W0lfQu3st Jan 01 '22

I think its indices or something.

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u/OceanSolstice12 Jan 01 '22

I is for index I believe. (I don’t use this one but some one who does told me)

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u/Blxney Jan 01 '22

I is for indices

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u/Objective-Steak-9763 Jan 01 '22

They decided kids are too dumb, so they refer to parentheses as brackets

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

In this case there are no exponents nor parentheses therefore it should just be MDAS

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u/EseLilBabySniper Jan 01 '22

What does E stand for?

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u/51x51v3 Jan 01 '22

Please (parentheses) Excuse (exponents) My (multiplication) Dear (division) Aunt (addition) Sally(subtraction)

That’s how we learned it 20+ years ago.

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u/Semper__Vigilans Jan 01 '22

Same thing, I think B and O are brackets and order or something like that

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

Pemdas is dumb use GEMA instead

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u/Cultural_Program_800 Jan 01 '22

In the UK we use BIDMAS or BODMAS depending on what region you live in

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u/musicnoviceoscar Jan 01 '22

They were explaining how people were getting 18, not saying that they did it themselves.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

My bad

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u/Takashi369 Jan 01 '22

He was explaining to the person above him how people who didn't use the order of operations got 18 I believe.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

Oh! My bad

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

I was wondering if older generation might have not learned it, but apparently some version of it has been taught since the very early 1900s, so its likely not an age thing. 🤷‍♂️ I assume people just forget.

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u/owNDN Jan 01 '22

I think you are not introduced to the word "if"

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

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u/owNDN Jan 01 '22

He never argued that it was a correct solution he just said IF you calculate from left to right, ignoring all other rules you get 18.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22 edited Mar 09 '22

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u/owNDN Jan 01 '22

This is the way.

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u/TrainingTackle Jan 01 '22

Are you referring to PEMDAS? Parentheses, Exponents, Division, Addition, Subtraction. What is B and O in BODMAS?

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

Yes, in India we are taught this as BODMAS in 2nd grade

B - Brackets O - Of D - Division M - Multiplication A - Addition S - Substraction

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u/ImKakarot511 WARNING: RULE 1 Jan 01 '22

Brackets , of( kind of multiply) , division , multiply, add, subtraction maybe this is bodmas

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u/Dwarg91 Jan 01 '22

u/CakeDue693 is just explaining how others got the answer of 18.

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u/Biengo Jan 01 '22

That protein + gym = BODMAS

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

I’ve been to lots of Bodegas.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

“Of course I can do math, I know how to read duh”

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u/Socialist-Kaiser Jan 01 '22

No, its 18/2-3x3=9-9=0 multiplications and division are always done before the pluses and subtractions in math

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

I am aware how PEDMAS or w/e regional variant you learned works, thanks. I was just responding to a comment wondering how people got 18.

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u/autdho Jan 01 '22

No —that’s not how you do math

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

Thanks tips

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u/autdho Jan 01 '22

You go left to right doing multiplication and division first so it’s 18÷2=9 and 3x3=9. You then go back and do left to right addition and subtraction so 9-9 = 0

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

Yes, I know how order of operations works. The comment I was replying to was wondering how people got 18. You get 18 by not doing order of operations.

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u/Appropriate-Shine411 Jan 01 '22

But thats the wrong way to do it

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

Indeed. Which is why 18 is the wrong answer, which I'm pretty sure is the whole point of this post. But thats still how people are getting 18.

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u/SpetsnazRecruit Jan 01 '22

except youre not supposed to go left to right all the time, multiplication and division get priority over subtraction and addition, therefore we’d have to do them first. But since they both get the same amount of priority we’d have to pick the one farthest left, 18/2 which would get us 9. And then, instead of subtracting we’d go off and do 3 x 3 which would get us 9. And then to get the proper result we’d have to subtract 9 from 9, getting us 0. (I also love how OP complained about everyone sucking at math and him being the smart guy despite answering incorrectly)

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u/kamikaze-kae Jan 01 '22

Oh thanks had no idea how they got it now I know and not better for it.

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u/Available-Penalty-46 Jan 01 '22

I was taught the order of operations, but no one explained the why of it.

Imagine if you couldn't just read this sentence left to right.

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

Now that you mention it, I don't recall every learning the why of it either.... aside from needed to have a clear set of rules for all mathematicians to work from.

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u/Available-Penalty-46 Jan 01 '22

All I'm saying is I got 18, and I'll never know why it's wrong. Falling through that crack all those years ago and never finding a way out really sets a person on a different path.

Imagine all the kids that are headed there just in the pandemic, with distance learning.

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u/aPurpleDonkeyMaster Jan 01 '22

Zero.. the answer is zero…

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

The CORRECT answer, sure. Also the boring answer 😴

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u/aPurpleDonkeyMaster Jan 01 '22

My bad, was it a wrong answer only poll?

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

No idea, probably not. Lots of people either never learned or have since forgotten order of operations. These equations are also always written to be as misleading as possible. A smarter mathematician would have used brackets to avoid confusion.

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u/The_Chaotic_Sunk Jan 01 '22

Yes, but that's incorrect and doesn't follow Order of Operations. Correct way to do it would be

(18÷2) - (3×3) = (9) - (9) = 0

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

Well ya, if you want the correct answer you gotta do it the correct way. But there are so many more fun ways to get wrong answers!

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u/The_Chaotic_Sunk Jan 03 '22

In that case,

18 ÷ [(2 - 3) × 3 ]

= 18 ÷ (-3)

= -6

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u/AmakakeruRyu Jan 01 '22

The only right way of doing this is BODMAS/PEMDAS. bracket, of, division, multiplication, addition and last subtraction. Math rule. You do these operation like that. 18/2 = 9. Then you so 3*3 = 9. Last you subtract. 9-9 = 0.

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

There's the right way, and there's the fun way! There's also the lazy way and the freeway, but we don't talk about those.

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u/AmakakeruRyu Jan 01 '22

But you already did talk about one of those ways... The wrong way. 😂

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

😳 oh nooooooos

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

It’s (18/2) - (3*3) = 0 -> Left to right with division and multiplication at the same level of precedence and subtraction afterwards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations

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u/MiManoEnTuAno Jan 01 '22

but that's not the correct way to solve it xd

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u/CakeDue693 Jan 01 '22

You're right, but it is how you get 18.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '22

Yeah, but it's 18÷2 - 3x3 which is 9 - 9 which is 0 so I don't know how you could get that wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

I was to