Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-09-18 10:46:01 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5D3C1FC46F37203177C57D41600FE90365D7AA3260E3FC0E554C42CB2FAA4842
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Original Note:
Equations like this are purposefully written ambiguously in order to drive engagement. Article from a previous time this equation went viral, explaining the ambiguity and how to rewrite it to achieve each answer: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/science/math-equation-pedmas-bemdas-bedmas.html More on similar equations and how to pose them more properly: https://people.math.harvard.edu/~knill/pedagogy/ambiguity/index.html
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