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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

25 - ⁵/₅ = 25 - 1 = 24

If you wrote it vertically:

25 - 5
————— = 4
5

But once you lay it out on one line, you have to use prins to prioritize addition / subtraction:

(25 - 5) / 5 = 20 / 5 = 4

Some YouTube mathematicians deep-dive into this.

ETA: Nothing goes over my head! My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The joke is 4! (Factorial) Is 24 so it looks right even if you do order of operations incorrectly.

[–] GoddessGundy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Ok so I'm not dumb! Usually I am with math but I got this one. Go me!

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Yeah and 24 = 4 factorial = 4!