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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by wischi to c/[email protected]
 

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] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

1 2 + 2 * 6 /

What's the problem?

Also, you forgot my inlaws, one of whom believes the answer is 5.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Found the reverse Pole.

[–] wischi 6 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure if you read the post yet but I also have a short section about alternative notations which are less ambiguous or never ambiguous. RPN has the same issue as most notations that are never ambiguous namely that it's hard to read - especially for big expressions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's actually 6 2 / 1 2 + *

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's three cubits in diameter and no ne cubits around.

Therefore π is three.

Fackz.