MakunaHatata@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 months agoThink about itlemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down111
arrow-up136arrow-down1imageThink about itlemmy.worldMakunaHatata@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareMrJameGumb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThat 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…
minus-squareHEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoDivide with a decimal to multiply. This is equivalent to multiplying 0.25 by 2.
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months agoIt’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
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…
Divide with a decimal to multiply. This is equivalent to multiplying 0.25 by 2.
It’s confusing because it’s
dividing by "one over two (a half)"instead ofdividing by "two over one".Dividing by 2is the same acutting something in half.Dividing by a halfis the same as the inverse ofcutting something in half, which isdoubling it