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math is hard (lemm.ee)
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[–] p3e7@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

25/5=5

2.5/0.5=5

o.O

[–] p3e7@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months 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 :)

[–] onion@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

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

[–] SoylentBlake@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.