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.

Itโ€™s about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think itโ€™s worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but Iโ€™m probably biased because I wrote it :)

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It doesnโ€™t make sense in BODMAS either. Expanding Brackets has precedence ofโ€ฆ Brackets, not โ€œmultiplicationโ€ - โ€œMultiplicationโ€ refers literally to multiplication signs, of which there are none in this question.

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The y(n+1) is same as yn + y if you removed the โ€œ6รทโ€ part. Itโ€™s implied multiplication.

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The y(n+1) is same as yn + y

No, itโ€™s the same as (yn+y). You canโ€™t remove brackets unless there is only 1 term left inside.

if you removed the โ€œ6รทโ€ part. Itโ€™s

โ€ฆThe Distributive Law.

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Well Iโ€™m not seeing the difference here. Yn+y= yn+y = y(n+1) = y ร— (n +1) I think we agree with that.

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