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[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 162 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.

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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 weeks ago

The exclamation point denotes the factorial function. 4! = 4 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 1

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