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math is hard (lemm.ee)
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[-] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

This just comes down to the fact that "dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by the inverse of the fraction" is an easy rule to follow but not particularly intuitive. In natural language, when most people hear "divide by half" they're actually picturing "divide by two" in their head.

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