This dude took a whole year to solve this math problem, and the answer is too funny

Be careful what you ask for.
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Brian Koerber
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A tricky math equation turned out to be an intricate ploy for nudes.

Joe McGill, a 24-year-old from Laurel, Maryland, had something a little different on his header photo on Twitter. While most people have sunset or skyline pics, McGill had a math equation.

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"Y'all never gonna be able to solve the equation in my header. If you do better show your work," his bio reads.

Well, somebody finally solved the problem, and the answer was "send nudes," a popular meme that will show up when you least expect it, such as in a complex math problem.

Twitter user cloutboyjojo from Chicago managed to solve the puzzle and show his work. He then tweeted the answer, which has since racked up more than 14,000 retweets.

Joe says that while plenty of people have noticed the math problem in his header, cloutboyjojo was the first person to solve it and share his results. Cloutboyjojo claims it took him an entire year to solve it.

"Plenty of people have noticed my header before with the whole 'send nudes' jokes but they could never understand the equation," McGill said via DM.

McGill didn't give us an exact date, but claims that he's had his header up for some time now.

"I did the problem along time ago. I've only took up to trigonometry in high school and I know this is far more advanced, but I seen[sic] this equation and decided to try it," McGill wrote.

While McGill isn't the first person to circulate the problem, the reveal and call to action was still pretty hilarious.

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Be careful what you ask for ...

Since the tweet received so much attention, we asked McGill if anyone fulfilled his requests.

"Yes two men did. Not what I was expecting smh," he replied.

Of course they did.

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