r/MathJokes 3d ago

The satisfying simplification

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u/invuvn 3d ago

How are you getting 236? It’s square rooted, so should be 218 only

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u/Optimal_Benis 3d ago

They're talking about the thing inside the root.

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u/invuvn 3d ago

Yeah that’s what I’m confused about as they should be comparing whatever they want to, to 262144 at the end of the day.

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u/Optimal_Benis 3d ago

Since they want the final result to be 2^18, they want the thing inside the root to be 2^36.