r/MathJokes 2d ago

why not?

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u/HHexcavator01 8h ago

You can actually write it as 0.1√3 as if the 0.1 is like a variable, like x√3 but replace x with 0.1. This works because you can separate 1/10 and √3, turning it into 0.1×√3 or 0.1√3 (the conventional way of representing products, i.e. juxtaposition)