Zio's reblog dump

The answer is 1, why is everyone a delinquent?

Y'all please, learn your pemdas (or bodmas or whatever you learned it as)

It's 16

*sigh*

Parentheses equation is 2+2, which is 4.

Now we multiply by 2 to get 4x2 which is 8

8 DIVIDED BY 8 is 1.

I have no fucking clue how you can get 16 out of this. I don’t think you’re bad at math, I think you just need glasses.

It’s 1.

It’s 16.

8 / 2 * (2+2) = 

8/2 * (4) = 

4*4 = 16

You do the parentheses, then you go left to right.

That isn’t how this works.....

PEMDAS

8/2*(2+2) (P = Parentheses)

8/2*(4) (M = Multiply)

8/8=1 (D = Division)

@kingoftartesoss​

Use Mathpapa calculator if you still don’t believe me.

No, Riley.

M isn't in the original problem but 8÷2 still needs a resolution. You have to solve 8÷2 as-is after (2+2) no matter what.

So you're not following PEMDAS by factoring x4 into 8÷2.

It's literally this simple.

I, uh, I think it’s 1, actually.

Plug it into a searchbar, or a scientific calculator that waits until the whole thing is input & that's the answer.

No need.

Everyone on this post:

@nonanalogue can you solve this for us because I swear to goodness the answer is 1 but this post is making me doubt my brains

Happily!

So the problem is two-fold: first, order of operations as most people are taught it is a lie, and second, the original problem is written very ambiguously.

Let’s drill down into that first point.

PEMDAS! Parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction. Everyone’s taught to do operations in that order! Except that’s not really right. As a math teacher of mine put it, “it works for now, but you’ll find out I was lying in a few years.”

The problem is that multiplication and division are the same operation, and addition and subtraction are also the same operation. Division is really just multiplying by a fraction, and subtraction is just adding a negative. With that in mind, it doesn’t necessarily make sense to do some multiplication arbitrarily early in the problem before the rest! As a result, here’s the bottom line for that point:

Both 1 and 16 are right.

How can that be?

Well, that brings me to the second point: the expression is written very ambiguously, so as to maximize confusion! It’s also why I don’t like using the division symbol when a fraction will do just nicely.

Observe two other ways we could write this expression:

The first one resolves to 8/8, which is 1. The second resolves to 4(4), which is 16. Both are right, only because the original expression is vague.

The sad thing is that everyone hates fractions, when actually they make life so much nicer!

cold blooded

from February, was on a 2D Zelda kick. pink hair for that ALttP love

I haven't drawn any of my own characters in 800 years, so here's Kloe. I gave her a fantasy juice box as an apology and she seems to be enjoying it, albeit somewhat grudgingly

I finally got around to making a remix of the theme song I wrote for the webcomic “Kid Radd” over 15 years ago.  You can also download it from Bandcamp as a single:

https://parsecproductions.bandcamp.com/album/the-raddest

Listening to this, an enormous, crushing wave of nostalgia washes over me. I can’t believe it’s really been over 15 years and I can’t believe how thoroughly well I remember the song from start to finish. It really is the raddest.

Ah Ricky, seeing this made me go re-read Kid Radd again.

Nostalgia is a strong force. And this remix is awesome.

“This little piggie’s learnt some new tricks!” My patrons voted for me to draw Donnel from Fire Emblem Awakening this time around, and I am EXTREMELY proud of how he turned out. If you wanna see process sketches and CLIP/PSD files for my art (including this and several other pieces) plus vote in the next character poll, consider supporting me on Patreon! >>> patreon.com/zebratoastart <<<

Needed a break between big projects, so I decided to clean up and colour a sketch from a little while ago that I really liked the feel of.

I also added it to my Redbubble shop if you’d like to get yourself a sticker of this good adventure boy: redbubble.com/people/zebratoastart

The party's wizard, everytime they meet any minor inconvenience:

All great suggestions 

This post gets better every time I see it

It’s Pride month again so have some more of my pride headcanons!

I had these for sale at ACen and people seemed to like them!

whoever’s reading this, i pray that you find happiness. not temporary happiness, or “if i pretend and put on a smile & laugh, maybe i’ll be happy” kind of happiness, but long lasting real happiness. the kind of happiness that makes ur face glow & lights up ur soul. you deserve it

Mini legs

Back for more cause I love em

Girlfriend’s mice tangle their tails when cuddling

what the fuck this is too cute

This… really fucked my mind..