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math is hard (lemm.ee)
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[-] p3e7@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] p3e7@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years 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 :)

[-] onion@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] SoylentBlake@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

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