Poor “Z”. Like his relative “C” in Arithmetic word problems, he seems to be the weakest member of the X, Y, Z Algebra variable team. And he (or she) usually bears the burden of showing a correct result.
See Stephen Leacock, “The Human Element in Mathematics”:
This is so wrong on so many levels, it is going to confuse people for evermore. This is evil. lol. Parentheses, exponents, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction
djlactin almost 2 years ago
Some people might just buy that!
PraiseofFolly almost 2 years ago
Poor “Z”. Like his relative “C” in Arithmetic word problems, he seems to be the weakest member of the X, Y, Z Algebra variable team. And he (or she) usually bears the burden of showing a correct result.
See Stephen Leacock, “The Human Element in Mathematics”:
https://www.online-literature.com/stephen-leacock/literary-lapses/40/Ida No almost 2 years ago
I like the one with the Christmas tree and the x-y-z-axes. X-mas, Y-mas and Z-mas.
BRBurns1960 almost 2 years ago
This is so wrong on so many levels, it is going to confuse people for evermore. This is evil. lol. Parentheses, exponents, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction
Grossfolk Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Evil!
tims145 almost 2 years ago
I guess the excuse could be: the caption wasn’t “a mnemonic for CORRECT order of operations”
willie_mctell almost 2 years ago
My dear aunt Sally. Missing exponentiation and parens/brackets.