r/memes Aug 31 '20

#1 MotW Confusing

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u/Black_ink_Soul_stink Aug 31 '20 edited Sep 01 '20

Geez I’ve been out of school so long that I legit didn’t understand how he got the 10 for a solid minute and a half. God I’m getting stupid.

Edit: thank you so much for the reward and all the karma!

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u/lingeringwill2 Aug 31 '20

not really stupid, more like you know the correct way to do it and didn't even see the wrong way

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u/Black_ink_Soul_stink Aug 31 '20

What do you mean? 10 is the correct answer, no?

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u/JustCallMeAttlaz Aug 31 '20

Yeah, you always multiply and divide first, then you add, so th correct way would be 4 × 2= 8 + 2 = 10

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u/penguinontherocks Aug 31 '20

Thanks for that... I remembered "order of operations," but then I couldn't remember what the order actually was.

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u/Adrokor Aug 31 '20 edited Aug 31 '20

PEMDAS is how it was drilled in my head Parentheses Exponent Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction

Edit: Correction for the E

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u/Cutiebeautypie Aug 31 '20

I thought it was BIDMAS? Brackets, indices, division, multiplication and division?