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math is hard (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

25/5=5

2.5/0.5=5

o.O

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I think, it is the real world logic that makes it hard to grasp. If you divide something with something small it becomes bigger. Mathematically it's easy and makes sense, but it it's somehow not intuitive. Especially for young me :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

That's the same as 2/2=1 3/3=1 268/268=1 ...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Except that's not what's written.

It's 0.25/0.5

Raising it exponentially would be

2.5/5, or

25/50=50

1/2≠50. Does not compute.