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I understand why this is wrong (order of operations dictates the division happens first, so it's really 25 - 1 = 24), but why is it funny? I don't mean "This isn't funny," I think I'm just missing the joke.
4! Is meant to be 4 factorial. 4! = 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24
Aha! Got it, thank you so much.
And here I was thinking I was still decent at math. I got bamboozled...
Or if you don’t know order of operations, then you probably also don’t know factorials, so 20 / 5 = 4
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4 factorial
The exclamation point denotes the factorial function. 4! = 4 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 1
I see no one has explained yet, so I'll give it a shot. He is excited about math, and that needs to be encouraged.
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This is quite possibly the best maths joke I've ever seen.
[edit] I guess it still can't beat the 'be rational' / 'get real' one.
You got the wrong symbol in the headline, it should be >3
Best math meme so far.
Comment section full of people looking for an opportunity to argue
No it isn't
Yes it is
Wait, will this be the 5-minute or the half hour?
"I'm sorry, I cannot continue to argue, unless you pay."
You're not arguing, you're just being contrary!
Hah, joke's on you, I just need 4!
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4! = ...Wait, that's literally the point of the post this time
007 will never get this wrong, it's 4, 24.
ASCII hack failure of language. Even in mathematics, ! has multiple meanings like with Boolean NOT. We need a science, math, and language reformation to remove non intuitive narcissistic names, and implied contextual meanings.
You might find Lojban interesting if you are not already aware. (I haven't tried to learn it myself, I just know it exists)
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I've never seen ! used for boolean NOT in maths, just ¬. I think ! is something programming languages went for because it's easier to type. That said, screw (a, b). Is that a (coordinate) pair, an interval, an inner product, some secret fourth thing? Who knows!
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Ok this is funny
Thank God this meme is muted
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