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Think about it (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is why I don't like decimal notation lol

(1/4)/(1/2)=1/2 makes it way clearer what is going on.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I am in the completely opposite camp of you, I cannot, for the life of me comprehend the equation in this form.

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

What's not to understand? One divided by four divided by one divided by two equals one divided by two. Simple.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I understand the math, that isn’t the problem. It’s how it looks. I have a struggle parsing it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Come on it's not even middle school maths.

(1/4) / (1/2) = (1/4) X (2/1) = (1/4) X 2 = 2/4 = 1/2 = 0.5

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

it has nothing to do with the equation itself, but the way that it looks. I understand the basics of the mathematics, but looking at it in this form does not work for me.