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[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Promptly Evacuate Manure Drain And Septic

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[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

4 != 24 but also

4! = 24

4! = 5-5/5

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[–] dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Can someone explain to me why this is funny?

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 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.

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

Yeah and 24 = 4 factorial = 4!

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

My favourite kind of nerd.

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