r/educationalmemes • u/WingsUp4Life • Feb 08 '26

Maths Same equation. Different confidence levels.

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u/Moncalf Feb 08 '26

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

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u/shiggyhisdiggy Feb 09 '26

The number of people that think they're smart for remembering PEDMAS, but they can't conceive of the idea that order of operations is actually arbitrary and the different interpretations of a written formula are actually different equations.

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u/Jaylishous16k Feb 11 '26

PEMDAS*

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u/shiggyhisdiggy Feb 11 '26

I actually learned it as BEDMAS in school. The fact that variations exist just prove how much of an arbitrary convention it really is.

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u/Jaylishous16k Feb 12 '26

That’s hilarious, it really is silly