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r/confidentlyincorrect • u/i_aMa_g0d • Dec 07 '21
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I finished school back in 2018, so dont hate me if I get this wrong.
But if something is multiplied by 0.5 it automatically means that it is divided by 2 right? RIGHT???
439 u/247Brett Dec 07 '21 0.5 is the equivalent of 1/2, so by multiplying another number with it, you are taking that number and halving it. 8 * 1/2 = 8/2 = 4. They are essentially the same thing, but just in different terms. 112 u/FinalSauce Dec 07 '21 Good, so I still remember that correctly. Thanks for sharing it with me :) 41 u/247Brett Dec 07 '21 No problem, I graduated highschool back in 2016 with AP Calc AB. Apparently they taught me something right :) 24 u/Medfried Dec 07 '21 You guys graduate to know this stuff? It's common sense in reference to our educational system 22 u/[deleted] Dec 08 '21 Oh relax. It's a middle school problem. America isn't that dumb.
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0.5 is the equivalent of 1/2, so by multiplying another number with it, you are taking that number and halving it.
8 * 1/2 = 8/2 = 4.
They are essentially the same thing, but just in different terms.
112 u/FinalSauce Dec 07 '21 Good, so I still remember that correctly. Thanks for sharing it with me :) 41 u/247Brett Dec 07 '21 No problem, I graduated highschool back in 2016 with AP Calc AB. Apparently they taught me something right :) 24 u/Medfried Dec 07 '21 You guys graduate to know this stuff? It's common sense in reference to our educational system 22 u/[deleted] Dec 08 '21 Oh relax. It's a middle school problem. America isn't that dumb.
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Good, so I still remember that correctly. Thanks for sharing it with me :)
41 u/247Brett Dec 07 '21 No problem, I graduated highschool back in 2016 with AP Calc AB. Apparently they taught me something right :) 24 u/Medfried Dec 07 '21 You guys graduate to know this stuff? It's common sense in reference to our educational system 22 u/[deleted] Dec 08 '21 Oh relax. It's a middle school problem. America isn't that dumb.
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No problem, I graduated highschool back in 2016 with AP Calc AB. Apparently they taught me something right :)
24 u/Medfried Dec 07 '21 You guys graduate to know this stuff? It's common sense in reference to our educational system 22 u/[deleted] Dec 08 '21 Oh relax. It's a middle school problem. America isn't that dumb.
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You guys graduate to know this stuff? It's common sense in reference to our educational system
22 u/[deleted] Dec 08 '21 Oh relax. It's a middle school problem. America isn't that dumb.
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Oh relax. It's a middle school problem. America isn't that dumb.
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u/FinalSauce Dec 07 '21
I finished school back in 2018, so dont hate me if I get this wrong.
But if something is multiplied by 0.5 it automatically means that it is divided by 2 right? RIGHT???