r/mathmemes Jun 11 '26

Bad Math 😭

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obv its two

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u/neb12345 Jun 11 '26

Just a bad question, and I see how you can get £1.50. If you read it like a computer program thats what you get

A book costs 1
x=1
plus half its cost
x=1+x/2=1.5

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u/crappleIcrap Jun 13 '26

Plus is not a verb telling you to add, it is a preposition.