• raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      y/x = x with y = x*x because 0.25 is 0.5 squared.

      from the “wow factor” it’s the same as writing: 9/3 = 3 - not very wow at all

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Start with the reverse. If you had half a pizza and you wanted to divide it by quarters of a pizza, you’d be able to do it 4 times (there are four quarter slices in a half pizza).

      But with this we’re asking how many half-pizza slices are in a quarter-pizza slice. The answer is that there’s half of one (half of a half is a quarter).

    • myxi@feddit.nl
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      8 months ago

      you’re just doing 1/2 in a smaller scale. it makes most sense logically; it’s actually the numbers that are confusing you.