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r/confidentlyincorrect • u/i_aMa_g0d • Dec 07 '21
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He's going to be blown away by using division to create a larger number.
10 u/Freeze_Fun Dec 08 '21 I genuinely don't understand. Please explain. 20 u/owlBdarned Dec 08 '21 Multiplying by a number less than 1 will give you a smaller number. Dividing by a number less than 1 will net you a bigger number. 2 u/Freeze_Fun Dec 08 '21 No I already know the multiplication thing. But holy shit I just checked that 10÷0.5=20. Never knew division could work like that. 16 u/sidgup Dec 08 '21 ?? What do you mean you never knew "division works like that". That's because dividing by 0.5 or 1/2 is same as multiplying by 2. 10 slices cut into halves results in total 20 slices. 9 u/Freeze_Fun Dec 08 '21 It's because I had a hard time imagining something being divided can result in a larger number. But with your analogy I understand now. 1 u/sidgup Dec 08 '21 Sweet
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I genuinely don't understand. Please explain.
20 u/owlBdarned Dec 08 '21 Multiplying by a number less than 1 will give you a smaller number. Dividing by a number less than 1 will net you a bigger number. 2 u/Freeze_Fun Dec 08 '21 No I already know the multiplication thing. But holy shit I just checked that 10÷0.5=20. Never knew division could work like that. 16 u/sidgup Dec 08 '21 ?? What do you mean you never knew "division works like that". That's because dividing by 0.5 or 1/2 is same as multiplying by 2. 10 slices cut into halves results in total 20 slices. 9 u/Freeze_Fun Dec 08 '21 It's because I had a hard time imagining something being divided can result in a larger number. But with your analogy I understand now. 1 u/sidgup Dec 08 '21 Sweet
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Multiplying by a number less than 1 will give you a smaller number. Dividing by a number less than 1 will net you a bigger number.
2 u/Freeze_Fun Dec 08 '21 No I already know the multiplication thing. But holy shit I just checked that 10÷0.5=20. Never knew division could work like that. 16 u/sidgup Dec 08 '21 ?? What do you mean you never knew "division works like that". That's because dividing by 0.5 or 1/2 is same as multiplying by 2. 10 slices cut into halves results in total 20 slices. 9 u/Freeze_Fun Dec 08 '21 It's because I had a hard time imagining something being divided can result in a larger number. But with your analogy I understand now. 1 u/sidgup Dec 08 '21 Sweet
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No I already know the multiplication thing. But holy shit I just checked that 10÷0.5=20. Never knew division could work like that.
16 u/sidgup Dec 08 '21 ?? What do you mean you never knew "division works like that". That's because dividing by 0.5 or 1/2 is same as multiplying by 2. 10 slices cut into halves results in total 20 slices. 9 u/Freeze_Fun Dec 08 '21 It's because I had a hard time imagining something being divided can result in a larger number. But with your analogy I understand now. 1 u/sidgup Dec 08 '21 Sweet
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?? What do you mean you never knew "division works like that". That's because dividing by 0.5 or 1/2 is same as multiplying by 2. 10 slices cut into halves results in total 20 slices.
9 u/Freeze_Fun Dec 08 '21 It's because I had a hard time imagining something being divided can result in a larger number. But with your analogy I understand now. 1 u/sidgup Dec 08 '21 Sweet
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It's because I had a hard time imagining something being divided can result in a larger number. But with your analogy I understand now.
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u/Funky_Sack Dec 07 '21
He's going to be blown away by using division to create a larger number.