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Think about it (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago

¼ / ½ = ¼ • 2 = 2/4 = ½

This is the reason why people should learn fractions

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago

And 4/2 = 2, what’s your point?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

0.5*0.5=0.25 🤯

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

½ • ½ = ¼ 🫤

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Way better: 37% of 72 = 72% of 37

(Or any other numbers)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Yeah that was always the dumbest "trick" to pop up every couple weeks on reddit to then also have the top quote be, "it only works with easy numbers though."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Nightmare fuel: e^πi^ = -1

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Well, yeah, dividing something by 0.5 is the same thing as multiplying it by 2…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

0.25^0.5^=0.5

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Thanks I'm not going to sleep for the next 34 months and I think I should meditate 2 hours a minute to find out how this works

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

that is the right result why don't sleep because of that? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I figured out why this is the case but only after I checked it on a calculator.

It's me, I am the problem.