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[–] n0m4n@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

,25/,5 x 100/100 = 25/50 = 1/2

Why was that hard?

100/100 = 1, because any number divided by itself is 1.

And any number multiplied by 1 is still that number.

TBH, I moved the decimal over 2 places on the numerator and denominator and simplified 25/50 to 1/2 because It is easier to do in my head. Some of the other paths are too complicated when I am going to sleep.

[–] owsei@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

N / (1/2) = 2N/1 = 2N

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[–] rdri@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

That's 2x2=4 level of stupid.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

(1/4) ÷ 1/2 = 2/4 = 1/2 = 0.5

[+] WayNKG@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[–] blindfisch@feddit.de -4 points 9 months ago

Shut up and take my upvote!

[+] Etterra@lemmy.world -7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

You have one apple. You divide it into quarters, so that you have 0.25 of an apple. Now divide it in half. So yes well technically you do have one half of 0.25 (and 0.5 is the answer that a calculator will return) what you actually have is 1/8 of an apple (0.125).

This is what pisses me off about Matt half the time. You end up with something that in the abstract makes sense because it's just numbers, but then if you try to make it make sense in real life it's stupid.

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