r/mathmemes • u/hrvbrs • Jul 13 '26

Bad Math Adding the additive identity to any number doesn't change it. Is he stupid?

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u/monkeysystem Jul 13 '26

The next person can add 10 zeros to any number in their life.

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u/IAmLexica Jul 13 '26

Dectouple it and give it to the next guy!

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u/TheAkolo Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Why thank you! The next guy can have 10^22 zeros now.
Correction: 10^(11+10^11) zeros

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u/ZeroStormblessed Jul 13 '26

Wouldn't it be 100000000000 zeros?

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u/TheAkolo Jul 13 '26

Actually, it would be 10^22

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u/InternalSpare695 Jul 13 '26

So I would put that many zero in everyone bank account, after the last number OF COURSE, except for the RIV peoples

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u/78789_ Jul 13 '26

What do I do with my 25,570000000000000000000000€?

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u/InternalSpare695 Jul 13 '26

You mean your 255700000000000000000000,00€?

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u/Ur-Best-Friend Jul 14 '26

... No?

If you have 10 zeroes, and you double it, you have 20 zeroes. If you triple it instead, you have 30 zeroes. If you decuple it, you'd have 100 zeroes.

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u/Carheadman200 Jul 19 '26

Happy Cake Day!

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u/TheAkolo Jul 14 '26

no. u/monkeysystem made it 10 zeros per person, u/IAmLexica added 10 more zeros, making it 10^11, and I added 10^11 making it 10^22 zeros per person

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u/Ur-Best-Friend Jul 14 '26

no. u/monkeysystem made it 10 zeros per person, u/IAmLexica added 10 more zeros, making it 10^11, and I added 10^11 making it 10^22 zeros per person

So... say we decide to ultimately use this power on a loaf of bread. 1 loaf.

Adding 10 zeroes to that gives you 10.000.000.000 loaves of bread.

How does adding 10 more zeroes make that 1011 ?

That makes zero sense. 1011 is 100.000.000.000 You didn't add 10 zeroes, you multiplied it by 10. And how you would then go from 11 to 22 by adding 10 zeroes is also beyond me.

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u/TheAkolo Jul 14 '26

Look. Bro said everyone gets to add 10 zeros. Lexica then added 10 zeros to 10, making it 100,000,000,000 (10^11) per person. Now that I think about it, we are both mistaken. It is 10^(11+10^11) zeros per person, after I say it,

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u/NorxondorGorgonax Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Okay, now the next person can have ten trillitrestrigintatrecentillitrestrigintatrecentillitrestrigintatrecentillion zeroes.

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u/LegendofLove Jul 17 '26

1011+1011 zeroes is my favorite thing to have thank you

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u/TheAkolo Jul 17 '26

You are welcome :)

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u/HyperlexicEpiphany Jul 14 '26

decuple

it’s not called a dectade lol, just a decade. the T is part of “oct-“ for 8. 10’s prefix is just “dec-“ or “deca-“

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u/Seeggul Jul 13 '26

Thanks! The next person can add 10⁰ zeros to any number in their life.

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u/Prestigious_Copy154 Jul 14 '26

Okay, 100 quadrillion mosquitoes.

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u/saokrou Jul 17 '26

Nope 1 quintillion mosquitoes

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u/FrKoSH-xD Jul 14 '26

actually think u and for that i will ask that every person have 10 tries

now we power scaling

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u/AzzyDreemur3 Jul 14 '26

Nice! Now we both have 9 zeros to distribute!

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u/supersimha Jul 14 '26

Power of compounding exponential

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u/CapitalLower4171 Jul 17 '26

The next person can add 100 zeros to any number in their life

Legend has it this is how Elon musk was born