Good Ol' Mafs: When Wrong Is Accidentally Right

Good Ol' Mafs: When Wrong Is Accidentally Right
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When you cancel out the numerator and denominator by literally crossing them out instead of doing proper fraction simplification, but somehow still get the right answer. The mathematical equivalent of "I did absolutely nothing right but still passed the test." The smugness is well-earned though—why waste time with actual math when random scribbling gets you there faster? This is what happens when you're too lazy to remember the rules but too lucky to fail. Math teachers everywhere are simultaneously having aneurysms.

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