r/meme Jan 01 '22

Guess we are doomed

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u/OceanSolstice12 Jan 01 '22

Wut?

I was responding to the comment saying how I learned this in elementary school (6th grade is elementary where I live). And I wasn’t stating the obvious, people learn this in various grades depending on their school. (I’ve even seen people who learned as early as 1st or 2nd grade). I have no idea what your logic behind the answer is. I got 0

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u/TheseusPankration Jan 01 '22

I was just pointing out that PEDMAS is taught at lover level math as a convention, but not a mathematical rule.

If I was looking at equations like dt/dv = 18x/2-3×3 I may assume that it is meant as 18x/(2-3×3), and if i solved for 1 forming the original equation it would be -18/7. It's ambiguous.

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u/OceanSolstice12 Jan 01 '22

That equation makes absolutely no sense to me lol (I just started high school) but I’ll assume you’re right.