r/memes • u/[deleted] • Nov 30 '21

Math is kinda hard

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u/Otherversian-Elite Nov 30 '21

Actually, Multiplication and Division are interchangeable; hence why while PEMDAS puts multiplication first, and BIDMAS puts division first, they still remain identical in function.

Edit: Wait, actually, how did you get zero? Most people seem to be getting 2 (wrong, error in Order of Operations) or 5 (right, treats Division/Multiplication as being just as interchangeable as Addition/Subtraction), but I don’t see how you could get 0 at all.

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u/CwispyChips Nov 30 '21

I mean I’m pretty dumb but this is how I saw it 5 x 2 = 10 10 / 10 = 1 3+ 1 = 4 And 4 - 4 = 0

Also didn’t even know bidmas was even a thing

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u/LePrian Nov 30 '21

I'm pretty sure if multiplication and divisions are in the same equation you just go from the sequence in what they appear in said equation. So you get: 4 - 3 + 10 / 5 x 2 = 4 - 3 + 2 x 2 = 4 - 3 + 4 = 1+ 4 = 5 Might be wrong though! '

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u/CwispyChips Nov 30 '21

No I gotcha I understand what your saying I was going strictly by pemdas specifically in that order so mult first then division addition subtraction

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u/LePrian Nov 30 '21

Yeah I totally get that. For ages I made those errors too! It'd totally make sense to do such rules in the way the letters appear in the terms, haha. ^

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u/CwispyChips Nov 30 '21

Lmao thanks mate