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[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 152 points 1 month ago (28 children)

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.

[–] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 396 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (17 children)

4! Is meant to be 4 factorial. 4! = 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 1 month ago

And here I was thinking I was still decent at math. I got bamboozled...

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