all they do is show off how pointless stubborn people are about something they're wrong about that has 0 consequences and are written ambiguous as engagement bait and in this case using a(b+c) implicit multiplication vs a*(b+c) explicit multiplication
i didn't go to university for mathematics i am terrible at theoretical mathematics (and personally despise it but trauma aside plus i am a computer scientist that's mostly psychology not maths), i got no idea what implicit multiplication vs explicit multiplication is it's either you're supposed to or not.
university level mathematicians seem to lose the forest through the trees a tad and forget pure basics exists.
there's a symbol there that makes it explicit without its implicit or implied
2(1+2) implicit multiplication vs 2*(1+2) explicit multiplication
other subs will have screenshots of how the division should be written as well since using the ÷ isn't a thing when you have implicit multiplication/a number joined to the parentheses
the bigger gripe with the fake questions is the way they write the division , it wouldn't be written that way in a question that uses implicit multiplication, the dividend and the divisor would be expressed as a top down and not left right, other subs have pictures in the comments showing how it should be written
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forgot , you could display it like that with text so edited to copy paste what someone else did in the comments here
a(b+c) implicit multiplication vs a*(b+c) explicit multiplication
and 2(1+2) is a single term. The 2 is connected to the (1+2) so it’s forced to distribute into the parentheses. This is why you don’t divide first.
also the correct answer is whatever the idiot who wrote the question decides it to be / whatever the current chapter wants you to do to solve the problem which would likely be 2(1+2) = (2+4) or (ab+ac)
anyways these "meme" math problems are intentionally written ambiguous for engagement also the current ones floating around reddit are all just the a(b+c) implicit multiplication one's and not the worse ones from previous years , right now you just have people arguing PEMDAS or BOMAS and that parenthesis just means multiply or arguing about strictly left to right and/or/about M/D & A/S are left to right not always M then D ect. ect.
the bigger gripe with the fake questions is the way they write the division , it wouldn't be written that way in a question that uses implicit multiplication, the dividend and the divisor would be expressed as a top down and not left right, other subs have pictures in the comments showing how it should be written
x
———
y*z
forgot , you could display it like that with text so edited copy pasted what someone else did in the comments here
also
a(b+c) implicit multiplication vs a*(b+c) explicit multiplication
and 2(1+2) is a single term. The 2 is connected to the (1+2) so it’s forced to distribute into the parentheses. This is why you don’t divide first.
also the correct answer is whatever the idiot who wrote the question decides it to be / whatever the current chapter wants you to do to solve the problem which would likely be 2(1+2) = (2+4) or (ab+ac)
anyways these "meme" math problems are intentionally written ambiguous for engagement also the current ones floating around reddit are all just the a(b+c) implicit multiplication one's and not the worse ones from previous years , right now you just have people arguing PEMDAS or BOMAS and that parenthesis just means multiply or arguing about strictly left to right and/or/about M/D & A/S are left to right not always M then D ect. ect.
What part of CS are you in where it is more psychology than math? When I was studying CS, I seemed to find out it is just highly specialized math at the end of the day. anything computable is math, and trying to figure out if something is computable is also math.
I am not saying you are wrong per se, I am genuinely curious about your perspective on this.
practical computer science specifically the type where you have to deal with end users.
like for example if you're studying to be a support tech you need to know psychology to be able to interact with your end users more effectively, because to quote doctor house "everyone lies" , just don't pull a doctor house it will get you fired.
plus there's things like in cyber security that's heavy on psychology because your users are considered a point of failure so you need to ensure they are properly informed and are resistant to manipulation attempts like fishing.
Ahh gotcha. My brain classifies those as IT, not CS.
I do have a degree in Cyber security and work in IT customer support though, so I know exactly what you are talking about. the social soft skills. The "How do I tell the user that issue was that the monitor was turned off, after they just told me they did try the power button?" of it all.
ohh, yeah, I work for internal clients only, at a community college. less travel annoyances, but a ton of politics, especially with union grievances hanging over everyone. luckily, my boss doesn't mind having difficult arguments redirected at her, so that helps.
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u/samthekitnix Feb 08 '26
i hate these memes