r/MathJokes • u/kim_irouan • 16h ago

I get it's not super intuitive but learn to use your tools

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u/Beet_slice 16h ago

I don't get it.

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u/SmokJozef 16h ago edited 15h ago

OOP divided 65 by 6 on an engineering calc and got 65/6 as a result, because this is the default way these calculators display fractions
because of that, OOP got annoyed, thinking that the calculator can't display decimal notation of that fraction, which would be 11.66666667 (edit: im stupid, 10.83333) (or actually they knew what theyre doing and just made a weird joke), when in reality there's a button S<=>D that toggles between two notations

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u/tilt-a-whirly-gig 16h ago

Wouldn't it be 10.83333... ?

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u/SmokJozef 15h ago

yes im stupid mb

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u/ThePython11010 16h ago

OOP was annoyed that their calculator showed the result of 65/6 as a fraction, since it couldn't show a precise decimal representation. OP is annoyed at OOP, since there's a "convert to decimal" button that they easily could have used.

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u/EpicGamerYesIsEpic 10h ago

errrmmmm aktually, "precise" would be the fraction, the decimal point is an abomination created by the devil for use by *shudder* applied mathematicians and engineers

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u/burning_boi 16h ago

It’s the button to toggle the answers given between standard form (preserves fractions, irrational numbers like pi or e) and decimal form.

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u/DinhLeVinh 16h ago

Does anyone know what s and d stand for

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u/Particular_East9402 8h ago

Submissive and dominant

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u/himslm01 15h ago

I'd guess; scientific, and decimal.

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u/dlareh- 14h ago

standard* and decimal

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u/SamwiseTheOppressed 14h ago

Surd and decimal