I came across https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?


--
AnthonyL

Why ever wait to finish a job before starting the next?

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On 11/07/2025 13:39, AnthonyL wrote:

I came across https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

÷
Cut and paste it

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?

Its an american thing



--
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid decision or more dangerous way of
making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people
who pay no price for being wrong.”

Thomas Sowell

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On 11/07/2025 13:39, AnthonyL wrote:

I came across https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?

When I was at school in the 1980s we were taught BODMAS which was
Brackets, Orders (or powers), Division, Multiplication, Addition, and Subtraction.

The kids of today seem to be taught PEMDAS which is Parentheses,
Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), and
Addition and Subtraction (from left to right)

Using BODMAS gives you 9 whereas PEMDAS gives you 1

So it seems its down to the D and M swapping places which then gives you
the two answers of 1 vs 9.

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On 11/07/2025 in message <[email protected]> AnthonyL wrote:

I came across >https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 >today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?

In computer programming it would be 1, as expressions in brackets are
evaluated first.

In the current world where we have become the 51st State of America
without any formal announcement anything goes :-(

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
If it's not broken, mess around with it until it is

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On 2025-07-11 13:39, AnthonyL wrote:

I came across https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?

Sometimes calculators give implied multiplication higher precendence
that explict multiplication, so the implied * in 2(1+2) would get
priority over the division where 2*(1+2) would not.

A Casion I just tried does that (fx-83GT CW).

But a Texas Instruments one I tried gives 9 for both! (TI-30XS) Multiview.

nib

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On 11/07/2025 13:39, AnthonyL wrote:

I came across https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?

You have mismatched brackets but it's still BODMAS (or USA - PEMDAS).
Brackets first:
6/2*3
Then the division:
3*3
Then multiply
9

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SH <[email protected]> wrote:

When I was at school in the 1980s we were taught BODMAS which was
Brackets, Orders (or powers), Division, Multiplication, Addition, and Subtraction.

The kids of today seem to be taught PEMDAS which is Parentheses,
Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), and
Addition and Subtraction (from left to right)

Using BODMAS gives you 9 whereas PEMDAS gives you 1

So it seems its down to the D and M swapping places which then gives you
the two answers of 1 vs 9.

Both multiplication and division are multiplicative operators and have the
same precedence. That's not possible to represent in a handy acronym, but
it means BODMAS and PEMDAS are the same.

C uses left to right ordering for multiplicative operators: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-language/precedence-and-order-of-evaluation?view=msvc-170

But this one has been doing the rounds for years. It seems that some calculators use an 'implied scaling' rule so that when you write '1/2x' the
2 binds more tightly to the x than the '/'. That may be why 2(1+2) is being computed as 6.

There is even a wikipedia page about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#Mixed_division_and_multiplication

Theo

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On 11/07/2025 14:25, Theo wrote:

SH <[email protected]> wrote:

When I was at school in the 1980s we were taught BODMAS which was
Brackets, Orders (or powers), Division, Multiplication, Addition, and
Subtraction.

The kids of today seem to be taught PEMDAS which is Parentheses,
Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), and
Addition and Subtraction (from left to right)

Using BODMAS gives you 9 whereas PEMDAS gives you 1

So it seems its down to the D and M swapping places which then gives you
the two answers of 1 vs 9.

Both multiplication and division are multiplicative operators and have the same precedence. That's not possible to represent in a handy acronym, but
it means BODMAS and PEMDAS are the same.

C uses left to right ordering for multiplicative operators: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-language/precedence-and-order-of-evaluation?view=msvc-170

But this one has been doing the rounds for years. It seems that some calculators use an 'implied scaling' rule so that when you write '1/2x' the
2 binds more tightly to the x than the '/'. That may be why 2(1+2) is being computed as 6.

There is even a wikipedia page about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#Mixed_division_and_multiplication

Theo

Starting with 6 / 2 (2+1)

PEMDAS and BODMAS tells me brackets first

so that becomes 6 / 2 x 3

Now BODMAS says divide 1st

so thats 3 x 3

then that becomes 9

Now PEMDAS tells me to multiply first so thats 6 / 6

That becomes 1......

But if its written in proper notation on paper as in

6 x 3
-
2

then its multply the 3 with the numerator whcih s 18 and then divide by
the 2 giving 9.

I think the confusion is in how the equation is written:

as in 6 / 2 x 3

vs

6 x 3
-
2

The mathematician in me would say the bottom version is correct and thus
the correct answer is 9 from a BODMAS point of view but PEMDAS seems to
suggest a left to right working through the upper equation.....

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SH <[email protected]> wrote:

On 11/07/2025 14:25, Theo wrote:

SH <[email protected]> wrote:

When I was at school in the 1980s we were taught BODMAS which was
Brackets, Orders (or powers), Division, Multiplication, Addition, and
Subtraction.

The kids of today seem to be taught PEMDAS which is Parentheses,
Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), and
Addition and Subtraction (from left to right)

Using BODMAS gives you 9 whereas PEMDAS gives you 1

So it seems its down to the D and M swapping places which then gives you >> the two answers of 1 vs 9.

Both multiplication and division are multiplicative operators and have the same precedence. That's not possible to represent in a handy acronym, but it means BODMAS and PEMDAS are the same.

C uses left to right ordering for multiplicative operators: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-language/precedence-and-order-of-evaluation?view=msvc-170

But this one has been doing the rounds for years. It seems that some calculators use an 'implied scaling' rule so that when you write '1/2x' the 2 binds more tightly to the x than the '/'. That may be why 2(1+2) is being
computed as 6.

There is even a wikipedia page about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#Mixed_division_and_multiplication

Theo

Starting with 6 / 2 (2+1)

PEMDAS and BODMAS tells me brackets first

so that becomes 6 / 2 x 3

Now BODMAS says divide 1st

so thats 3 x 3

then that becomes 9

Now PEMDAS tells me to multiply first so thats 6 / 6

That becomes 1......

But if its written in proper notation on paper as in

6 x 3
-
2

then its multply the 3 with the numerator whcih s 18 and then divide by
the 2 giving 9.

I think the confusion is in how the equation is written:

as in 6 / 2 x 3

vs

6 x 3
-
2

The mathematician in me would say the bottom version is correct and thus
the correct answer is 9 from a BODMAS point of view but PEMDAS seems to suggest a left to right working through the upper equation.....

The acronyms aren't to be read strictly left to right, they are:

(P)(E)(MD)(AS)
(B)(O)(DM)(AS)

with grouped items having the same precedence, ie they're mean the same
thing: (MD) and (DM) are the same. Therefore they have no bearing on this calculation.

But you're right that this ambiguity is because we're not writing this in mathematical notation and so the content of the denominator is ambiguous.
The left to right and other rules are only necessary because of the
limited notation - if this was written out properly it would be clear.

Theo

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On 11/07/2025 13:39, AnthonyL wrote:

I came across https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?

Just put the expression into Wolfram Alpha for the authoritative answer

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=6%2F2%281%2B2%29

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On 11 Jul 2025 13:05:15 GMT
"Jeff Gaines" <[email protected]> wrote:

On 11/07/2025 in message
<[email protected]> AnthonyL wrote:

I came across >https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 >today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than >multiplication has precedence over division?

In computer programming it would be 1, as expressions in brackets are evaluated first.

In the current world where we have become the 51st State of America
without any formal announcement anything goes :-(

This is why, in programming and spreadsheets, you spray brackets
around, some of them theoretically redundant, to make absolutely clear
in what order *you* want things done, whatever fast ones the compiler/interpreter might pull.

A typical compiler will convert an expression to Reverse Polish
Notation, pushing its current running total onto the stack when it
encounters a new operator. Hence the 6/2 will be evaluated as a unit,
and '3' pushed, then the bracket will open a new level of evaluation,
the result of which will be pushed, then the * will act on the top two
stack values.

If you really want 6 / (2 * ( 2 + 1 ) ) then that's how you write it.

--
Joe

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Theo wrote:

That may be why 2(1+2) is being
computed as 6.

Are you suggesting that it shouldn't be evaluated to 6?

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On 11 Jul 2025 14:25:23 +0100 (BST), Theo
<[email protected]> wrote:

SH <[email protected]> wrote:

When I was at school in the 1980s we were taught BODMAS which was
Brackets, Orders (or powers), Division, Multiplication, Addition, and
Subtraction.

The kids of today seem to be taught PEMDAS which is Parentheses,
Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), and
Addition and Subtraction (from left to right)

Using BODMAS gives you 9 whereas PEMDAS gives you 1

So it seems its down to the D and M swapping places which then gives you
the two answers of 1 vs 9.

Both multiplication and division are multiplicative operators and have the >same precedence. That's not possible to represent in a handy acronym, but
it means BODMAS and PEMDAS are the same.

C uses left to right ordering for multiplicative operators: >https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-language/precedence-and-order-of-evaluation?view=msvc-170

But this one has been doing the rounds for years. It seems that some >calculators use an 'implied scaling' rule so that when you write '1/2x' the
2 binds more tightly to the x than the '/'. That may be why 2(1+2) is being >computed as 6.

There is even a wikipedia page about it: >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#Mixed_division_and_multiplication

Thanks. I'm now going to have to review all my financial
spreadsheets!

I tried the inverse calculation in the spreadsheets
=(2*(2+1)/6)^-1
and that did come out as 1.

Inverse == perverse

This really is all new to me in my 8th decade.

--
AnthonyL

Why ever wait to finish a job before starting the next?

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On 11/07/2025 14:05, Jeff Gaines wrote:

On 11/07/2025 in message <[email protected]> AnthonyL wrote:

I came across
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?
fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009
today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2)  (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2).  From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?

In computer programming it would be 1, as expressions in brackets are evaluated first.

so it would calculate 6 / 2 * 3 which is still 9

Try it for yourself, open a javascript console in your web browser (CTRL+SHIFT+J in most, and CTRL+SHIFT+K in firefox), and type:

6/2*(1+2)

It will evaluate as you type, and print 9 when you hit return.

--
Cheers,

John.

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On 11/07/2025 13:39, AnthonyL wrote:

I came across https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

It astonishes me how you can keep social media in a perpetual state of confusion with ambiguously formatted equations :-)

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

The Casio gives the result as 1

What did you key on the calculator?

If you key 6 / 2 * ( 1 + 2 ) you will get 9

If you key 6 / 2 ( 1 + 2 ) some calculators won't understand it, and
some will treat it like an algebraic expression of the form 2x where x =
1+2 = 3

The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

I was a long time ago then :-) (9 would be the more "correct" answer)

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?

It didn't multiplication and division have equal precedence, so unless
guided otherwise (brackets etc) you evaluate left to right)

--
Cheers,

John.

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On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:48:26 +0100, Kempshott <[email protected]>
wrote:

On 11/07/2025 13:39, AnthonyL wrote:

I came across
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 >> today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?

Just put the expression into Wolfram Alpha for the authoritative answer

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=6%2F2%281%2B2%29

What gives that the right to be authoritative?

I'd have failed my 'O' level doing that.

--
AnthonyL

Why ever wait to finish a job before starting the next?

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On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:42:02 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]d> wrote:

On 11/07/2025 13:39, AnthonyL wrote:

I came across
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 >> today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

÷
Cut and paste it

Here you are, thanks:

6�2(2+1)

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?

Its an american thing

Did we all have to agree with it? Is there an International Treaty?

No wonder they can't get their gallons right.

--
AnthonyL

Why ever wait to finish a job before starting the next?

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On 11/07/2025 13:39, AnthonyL wrote:

I came across https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?

When I did maths at school (early 1960s) the mnemonic for calculation
sequence was BODMAS (Brackets, Of, Divide, Multiply, Add, Subtract).

Your 6/2((1+2) has more open brackets than closing ones, so I am
ignoring one of the opens and assuming it is a multiply:
Brackets: 1+2=3
There is no Of
Divide: 6/2=3
Multiply: 3*3=9
(The add and subtract took place under the Brackets stage)

If the extra bracket was supposed to be a divide rather than a multiply,
then the answer would be Divide: 3/3=1 and there is no Multiply stage.

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No mail <[email protected]> wrote:

Theo wrote:

That may be why 2(1+2) is being
computed as 6.

Are you suggesting that it shouldn't be evaluated to 6?

In the expression 6/2(1+2) with the left to right ordering, it shouldn't.

Theo

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On 11/07/2025 14:05, Jeff Gaines wrote:

In computer programming it would be 1, as expressions in brackets are evaluated first.

It's actually language dependent - not all computers think the same.

I still bear scars from APL over 40 years ago, which IIRC worked from
the right.

Andy

--
Do not listen to rumour, but, if you do, do not believe it.
Ghandi.

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Theo wrote:

No mail <[email protected]> wrote:

Theo wrote:

That may be why 2(1+2) is being
computed as 6.

Are you suggesting that it shouldn't be evaluated to 6?

In the expression 6/2(1+2) with the left to right ordering, it shouldn't.

Theo

Aha! You missed the first 6, that's why I queried it

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Vir Campestris wrote:

On 11/07/2025 14:05, Jeff Gaines wrote:

In computer programming it would be 1, as expressions in brackets are
evaluated first.

It's actually language dependent - not all computers think the same.

I still bear scars from APL over 40 years ago, which IIRC worked from
the right.

Andy

aaaaaaaah APL. SWMBO was a bit of an APL specialist - might explain a
few things ;-)

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In message <[email protected]>, AnthonyL <[email protected]d> writes

I came across >https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=617963144657292&set=a.192016017252009 >today.

For those who don't do Farcebook it shows a Casio fx-991ex and a
Smartphone calculating the formula:

6/2((1+2) (actually the divide symbol -:- which I can't do with old
Free Agent)

The Casio gives the result as 1
The Smartphone gives the result as 9

So I checked my Smartphone which gave 9 as did both Libre Calc and
Excel =6/2*(1+2). From what I learnt at school (and I did Advance
Maths a looong time ago even though this is arithmetic) and would say
the answer is 1.

So when did the sequence change from left to right rather than
multiplication has precedence over division?

RPN

2 enter 1+ (3) 2 div (1.5) ,6 x (9)


B
--
Brian Howie

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Theo wrote:

if this was written out properly it would be clear.

1. Post deliberately ambiguous maths problem to social media
2. ???
3. Profit!

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