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http://brobible.com/life/article/mcdonalds-algebra-problem/
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omfg this stupidass problem

The answer is either 70 or 25 depending on if you do PEMDAS or not.
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5 + 1 * 10 = 15


Boo ya bitches!
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Jayjar100 posted...

The answer is either 70 or 25 depending on if you do PEMDAS or not.

There is no "if you do PEMDAS or not"

You always do PEMDAS, sorry pal :P

The only reason is this a meme is because of the trick with the fries symbol and there being 2 fries in the middle equation but only 1 thing of fries in the bottom equation. Most people just see the fries and assume it's the same variable.
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It's pretty straightforward until the double fry vs single fry and what that means enters the equation.
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HitTheGroundWal posted...

It's pretty straightforward until the double fry vs single fry and what that means enters the equation.

It's a good thing the people who invented numbers didn't model them after their food
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Either 15 or 60.
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Sativa_Rose posted...

Jayjar100 posted...

The answer is either 70 or 25 depending on if you do PEMDAS or not.

There is no "if you do PEMDAS or not"

You always do PEMDAS, sorry pal :P

The only reason is this a meme is because of the trick with the fries symbol and there being 2 fries in the middle equation but only 1 thing of fries in the bottom equation. Most people just see the fries and assume it's the same variable.

I always do PEMDAS, it's just that some people say "i don't do pemdas so im right and youre wrong lolololol"
And after checking again, you're right, I did think the fries were the same. Whoops.
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Sativa_Rose posted...

HitTheGroundWal posted...

It's pretty straightforward until the double fry vs single fry and what that means enters the equation.

It's a good thing the people who invented numbers didn't model them after their food

It does. It would be confusing if one number looked like two other numbers right next to each other.

It's like, is the double fry just double the single fry or are the double fry and single fries entirely different variables? They kinda stopped following math rules a bit there.
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With out looking at the answer.. I think it is 25.

The soda= 10
The big mack=5
and each order of fires=2
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cjsdowg posted...

With out looking at the answer.. I think it is 25.

The soda= 10
The big mack=5
and each order of fires=2

Except there's some sort of fourth variable.
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HitTheGroundWal posted...

cjsdowg posted...

With out looking at the answer.. I think it is 25.

The soda= 10
The big mack=5
and each order of fires=2

Except there's some sort of fourth variable.

This.

Just because two fries = 4

Does not mean 1 fry = 2

That's like saying A + B = C 100% of the time

We all know that isn't true.

Shake=10
Burger=5
Fries=2

5+2*10

25

Why is this a struggle?
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Jayjar100 posted...

it's just that some people say "i don't do pemdas so im right and youre wrong lolololol"

These people should have their ignorance exposed. They need to see the folly in their ways.
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voldothegr8 posted...

Shake=10
Burger=5
Fries=2

5+2*10

25

Why is this a struggle?

look again, in the upper equation, there are 2 packets of fries
in the third equation there is only 1 box of fries
we can conclude 1 box of fries = 1
therefore the answer becomes 5+1*10 = 15
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I suppose fries do =1

15 it is.
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GODTIER posted...

This.

Just because two fries = 4

Does not mean 1 fry = 2

That's like saying A + B = C 100% of the time

We all know that isn't true.

From the way I look at it an order of fries=2.

Let me write out my thinking.

10+10+10=

10+5+5=20

5+(2x2)+(2x2)=9

5+2x10=25
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whoever drew that picture knew exactly what they were doing
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GODTIER posted...

This.

Just because two fries = 4

Does not mean 1 fry = 2

That's like saying A + B = C 100% of the time

We all know that isn't true.

It's true because it's consistent with the rest of the problem, in this case. The entire point of the problem is to use division/subtraction to figure out the value of each single variable. Just because the presentation is inconsistent (because this isn't intended to test your math skills) doesn't mean the methodology is.

This may technically be a math problem but it's closer in spirit to an optical illusion. This doesn't test if you're good at math, but if you're observant enough to notice the difference in fries.

This isn't even originally a McDonalds problem. Someone posted this last year. >_>
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cjsdowg posted...

5+(2x2)+(2x2)=9

5+2x10=25

how does this make sense to you?

5+(2x2)+(2x2) = 5+4+4 = 13, not 9
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wow, people on this board will ignore the correct answer and continue to be idiots. i'm done
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I get 25.
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Rika_Furude posted...

cjsdowg posted...

5+(2x2)+(2x2)=9

5+2x10=25

how does this make sense to you?

5+(2x2)+(2x2) = 5+4+4 = 13, not 9

I have no idea what I was thinking. I am shamed. I am going to bed.
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It's 15.
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It's true because it's consistent with the rest of the problem, in this case. The entire point of the problem is to use division/subtraction to figure out the value of each single variable. Just because the presentation is inconsistent (because this isn't intended to test your math skills) doesn't mean the methodology is.

Sure, but you can also say that there is no solution because a picture of one order of fries isn't the same as two fries.

Since the presentation is bad, you can view it either way. Obviously coming up to the conclusion that 1 fry = 1 was the intended solution, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the only way of viewing it.

The picture says, "Solve quick if you're a genius" but geniuses are known to find multiple solutions in everything and see things from different perspectives. So if anything MY way of thinking makes ME the TRUE winner of this all!!

>_>

GODTIER posted...

It's true because it's consistent with the rest of the problem, in this case. The entire point of the problem is to use division/subtraction to figure out the value of each single variable. Just because the presentation is inconsistent (because this isn't intended to test your math skills) doesn't mean the methodology is.

Sure, but you can also say that there is no solution because a picture of one order of fries isn't the same as two fries.

Since the presentation is bad, you can view it either way. Obviously coming up to the conclusion that 1 fry = 1 was the intended solution, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the only way of viewing it.

The picture says, "Solve quick if you're a genius" but geniuses are known to find multiple solutions in everything and see things from different perspectives. So if anything MY way of thinking makes ME the TRUE winner of this all!!

>_>

true geniuses don't make excuses when they are WRONG
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true geniuses don't make excuses when they are WRONG

Technically, I'm not wrong.

15 but this is some 4th grade gotcha bs they tried to pull.
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It is either 15 or it is unanswerable.
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I originally thought it was 25, but I say 15 now. The two fry bs got me the first time.
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Okay, now I see why it's 15, looking at it again.
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