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math is hard (lemm.ee)

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

25/5=5

2.5/0.5=5

o.O

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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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