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Divide 30 by 1/2 and add ten. What is the answer?

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[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

(30 / 0.5 = 60) + 10 = 70

The trick is that in plain English people might read it as "30 divided into half", meaning 15 instead of 60.