Viral Math News: Abuse of Power
A political-news headline: a politician wrongly thinks aᵇcᵈ = (ac)^(b+d), an 'abuse of power'.
Content note: Names a real politician (Donald Trump) and Vox.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016-12-07-viral-math-news-abuse-of-power/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Worried figure] "Abuse of power: Donald Trump thinks a^b c^d is (ac)^(b+d)" [vox.com · 80k shares]