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[shalamayne]

From: Varian
Date: January 18th

At what point does math become literature? The last I looked, math didn't include letters that went alongside or with the numbers.

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[brynwieldr]

Give an example. Maybe there's a reason for the letters?

[shalamayne]

Of course.

2 ( 3x + 4 ) + 6

[brynwieldr]

....what is that supposed to equal?

[shalamayne]

We've found a range of answers from 6 to 12 to nothing, because it may be missing a part of it. That would explain why the person sending in the request has not been able to figure it out.

[brynwieldr]

There's no "=" after all of it? Like "2 + 2 = 4"?

[shalamayne]

If there was, then it's either been scrubbed off or someone simply forgot it.