• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    8 months 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…

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      8 months 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

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      8 months ago

      Maybe you’re interpreting it wrong. With addition and subtraction we can imagine objects increasing and decreasing in quantity.

      However we cannot multiply or divide an object to make more or less of that object. Instead it’s more like creating territories on an object for microbials to fight over.

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      8 months ago

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