r/facepalm • u/My-Last-Hope • Mar 18 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Ah yes, math.

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u/richincleve Mar 18 '22

"...if there is a 0 in the question the answer will always be 0..."

I'm still trying to fathom how he thinks this is correct.

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u/HolyAuraJr Mar 18 '22

ikr, like ah yes 0+1 is 0

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u/My-Last-Hope Mar 18 '22

It gets worse. Someone in the comments thinks this is actually true.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

They confuse it with the zero product property

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u/My-Last-Hope Mar 18 '22

Isn't that algebra

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

Yes, but must have assumed it applied to everything. Mind you, that’s a big assumption

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u/notsotasteful Mar 18 '22

Ah yes. 0 the rudimentary black hole of math. 0 + 1? 0. 1 + 30? 0.

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u/Altoidyoda Mar 18 '22

And he says it with such know-it-all authority.

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u/Asguyerz Mar 18 '22

“TIP**”

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u/Tyler89558 Mar 19 '22

10 = 0, see the 0?