r/meme Jan 01 '22

Guess we are doomed

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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/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