How to defeat a dragon with math – Garth Sundem
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Having trouble remembering the order of operations? Let’s raise the stakes a little bit. What if the future of your (theoretical) kingdom depended on it? Garth Sundem creates a world in which PEMDAS is the hero but only heroic when in the proper order.
Lesson by Garth Sundem, animation by Mark Phillips.



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