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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

Wrong math Memes

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Mathematical Crime Scene Investigation

Math Science Scientists
1 year ago 25.1K views 0 shares
Mathematical Crime Scene Investigation
The mathematical crime scene here is too much for the physics community to handle! Someone has "simplified" the fraction 163/326 to 1/2 by just canceling out the digits that appear in both numerator and denominator. This mathematical heresy would make any mathematician break out in hives. The beauty is that 163/326 โ‰ˆ 0.5, which is indeed close to 1/2, but the method is so horrifically wrong it's causing famous scientists to physically restrain each other from confronting the perpetrator. The fraction should actually be simplified by finding the greatest common divisor, not by randomly crossing out matching digits! It's like saying "I got the right answer, so my method must be correct" - the mathematical equivalent of finding your lost keys in the refrigerator and declaring that's where they belong.

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