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Think about it (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you move it around it makes more sense.

.25 = 0.5*0.5

If you take half of something only half of the time you take a quarter of something.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I see it more clear with this: 0.25 * 2 = 0.5

Dividing by 0.5 is like multiplying by 2.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I get why computers suck at decimals and division now.