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[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 163 points 3 weeks ago (34 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.

[–] microphone900@lemmy.ml 58 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

4! Is a factorial which means it's 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Totally missed that. Thank you.

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