• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That doesn’t make any sense to me but the calculator says it’s correct… Goddamit I’m going to be thinking about this all day now…

    • bitwaba@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s confusing because it’s dividing by "one over two (a half)" instead of dividing by "two over one".

      Dividing by 2 is the same a cutting something in half.

      Dividing by a half is the same as the inverse of cutting something in half, which is doubling it

    • Xero@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      If this doesn’t make sense to you, you’re in desperate need to repeat elementary school

  • Xero@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    As an Asian, I can’t understand why this keeps you up at night. Didn’t you learn this in like 2nd grade?