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[–] ElderReflections@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Best I can figure is that the 1.42 was written as 42 with a superscript ¹ fron the line below (as a tens marker when adding 6 and 8)

43.80 might have come from multiplying 1.32 by 4 but forgetting to do the 3?

[–] The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They did 4x3 is 3, instead of 12. This is how they ended up $9 short on the final answer.

[–] tgt@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm guessing they did the 4 x 3, noticed they had to carry, accidentally wrote the carry in the wrong column, then immediately went and added that carry to their leftover 2, thus only counting 3 in total.