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math is hard (lemm.ee)
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[-] p3e7@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

25/5=5

2.5/0.5=5

o.O

[-] p3e7@lemm.ee 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 :)

[-] onion@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

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

[-] SoylentBlake@lemm.ee 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.

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