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https://zeta.one/viral-math/

I wrote a (very long) blog post about those viral math problems and am looking for feedback, especially from people who are not convinced that the problem is ambiguous.

It's about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think it's worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but I'm probably biased because I wrote it :)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Division doesn't mean fraction. Division is 2 terms, a fraction is 1 term. Terms are separated by operators and joined by grouping symbols. If you change the division to a fraction you change the number of terms and change the answer (and you also would've just done division before brackets, which violates the order of operations rules).