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x3, the Answer Is

September 3, 2024From the book Math for English Majors

A Yoda-like sage writes x3 instead of 3x. Everyone knows what he means, but it's like a grammar error in the language of algebra.

Transcript

[A Yoda-like character] "x3, the answer is."

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