I wrote a (very long) blog post about those viral math problems and am looking for feedback, especially from people who are not convinced that the problem is ambiguous.
It’s about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think it’s worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but I’m probably biased because I wrote it :)
It’s not ambiguos nor an communication problem, it’s basic Math
And WolframAlpha did division before brackets (turned 6/2 into a fraction, thus making it a single term instead of separate terms, all before doing brackets), thus violating the order of operations rules.
You should read the part about WolframAlpha in the blog.
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=6%2Fxy+where+x%3D2%2C+y%3D3
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=6%2Fx*(y)+where+x%3D2%2C+y%3D3
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