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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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[–] SmartmanApps 1 points 6 months ago

That said, the question is ambiguously written.

No it isn't.

Maybe the popularity of this will result in calculators being more consistent

The only brand of physical calculator which is inconsistent is Texas Instruments, and it's right there in the manual that they disobey The Distributive Law. E-calculators are another issue altogether (that's what happens when programmers don't check they have their Maths right first) dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111164851485070719