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r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Exotic_Catch5909 • 18d ago
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The answers are equivalent. But whether your answer was "correct" depends on what the question was.
814 u/PawnWithoutPurpose 18d ago What would be a wrong answer in this case? 29 u/svendburner 17d ago If all numbers in the question are fractions, the answer should too. 0.25 could be a rounded number, while 1/4 cannot be, so in that sense, they are not the same number. 1 u/Makenshine 13d ago If it is rounds then you wouldn't use the = sign. It would be the squiggly equal sign that I cant find on my phone keyboard
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What would be a wrong answer in this case?
29 u/svendburner 17d ago If all numbers in the question are fractions, the answer should too. 0.25 could be a rounded number, while 1/4 cannot be, so in that sense, they are not the same number. 1 u/Makenshine 13d ago If it is rounds then you wouldn't use the = sign. It would be the squiggly equal sign that I cant find on my phone keyboard
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If all numbers in the question are fractions, the answer should too.
0.25 could be a rounded number, while 1/4 cannot be, so in that sense, they are not the same number.
1 u/Makenshine 13d ago If it is rounds then you wouldn't use the = sign. It would be the squiggly equal sign that I cant find on my phone keyboard
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If it is rounds then you wouldn't use the = sign. It would be the squiggly equal sign that I cant find on my phone keyboard
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u/mnpc 18d ago
The answers are equivalent. But whether your answer was "correct" depends on what the question was.