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[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 163 points 2 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.

[–] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 412 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (21 children)

4! Is meant to be 4 factorial. 4! = 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 124 points 2 weeks ago

Aha! Got it, thank you so much.

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