You Used the Wrong Formula and Got the Correct Answer

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You Used the Wrong Formula and Got the Correct Answer is reaction image macro series of a comment made on a test, which reads "I don't know how, but you used the wrong formula and got the correct answer." The image has been used to express an unexpected route to a solution.

Origin

On April 8th, 2014, Tumblr ^[1] user lohgan posted the image with the caption "This sums up my life pretty well." Within five years, the post received more than 581,000 notes (shown below).

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Several days later, on April 19th, Redditor ^[2] Kytyngurl2 posted the image on the /r/funny subreddit. The post received more than 2,700 points (95% upvoted) and 1,500 comments in five years.

On August 5th, Memedroid^[3] user porkcheezie posted the image with the captioned added to the image. The post received than 3,500 points (94% upvoted) in five years (shown below, left).

On April 10th, 2019, Redditor^[4] AssassinBoy49 posted the image with the caption "When a Redditor tries to upvote an Instagram post." The post received more than 28,000 points (97% upvoted) in two months (shown below, center).

Several weeks later, Redditor^[5] The1stSam posted the image as a reaction to a text message exchange about dating. The post received more than 92,000 points (97% upvoted) and 465 comments in one month (shown below, right).