Kid Asks Cops for Homework Help, Gets Answer Wrong

'A' for effort

Social media has made police officers so much more accessible to the public. When 10-year-old Lena Draper was having trouble with her math homework, she reached out to The Marion, Ohio Police Department via Facebook for help.

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Lt. B.J. Gruber was more than happy to help her out.

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Simple, right? The next question is a bit trickier. Can you see what he did wrong?

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He forgot to use BEDMAS (Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction).

‘A’ for effort lt. Gruber!