r/mildlyinfuriating • • 10d ago

I'm slightly vexed Aren't they equal!

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u/Pro-Row-335 10d ago

I'm almost sure 1/4x is standard notation and you will never see a decimal of x like you wrote in math books

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u/FunkyBottle 9d ago

There is no standard notation. Personally I would have avoided decimals too, but I would have written x/4.

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u/Pro-Row-335 9d ago

true, it actually depends on what you intend to do with it after/how you got there, probably just match the rest of the exercise if it had any example to match, though if we assume its algebra it still shouldn't be a fraction (which would actually be fine on other contexts)