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Think about it (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by MakunaHatata@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 40 points 10 months ago

¼ / ½ = ¼ • 2 = 2/4 = ½

This is the reason why people should learn fractions

[-] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 31 points 10 months ago

And 4/2 = 2, what’s your point?

[-] tmjaea@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago
[-] xor@infosec.pub 2 points 10 months ago

½ • ½ = ¼ 🫤

[-] Slatlun@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago

Way better: 37% of 72 = 72% of 37

(Or any other numbers)

[-] FlaminGoku@reddthat.com 8 points 10 months ago

Yeah that was always the dumbest "trick" to pop up every couple weeks on reddit to then also have the top quote be, "it only works with easy numbers though."

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago
[-] waigl@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Well, yeah, dividing something by 0.5 is the same thing as multiplying it by 2…

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

0.25^0.5^=0.5

[-] patak@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Thanks I'm not going to sleep for the next 34 months and I think I should meditate 2 hours a minute to find out how this works

[-] bin_bash@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

that is the right result why don't sleep because of that? 🤔

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago
[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I figured out why this is the case but only after I checked it on a calculator.

It's me, I am the problem.

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