Simple Fifth-Grade Math Equation Inspires Heated Debate On Twitter

What started out as a tweet asking followers to solve a (seemingly) very simple math problem turned into quite the heated debate between laypeople and mathematiciansalike about the correct way to use the order of operations. Needless to say, most of us have not so much as looked at a math problem since high school. Yikes.

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