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minus-squareLeviathan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 months agoDidn’t I multiple it by 2/2 which is the same as 1? Like isn’t 2/8 the same as 1/4?
minus-squareAleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoYou’ve got it. The trick to working with fractions is multiplying them by fractional equivalents to one (2/2, 7/7, 13/13, etc) to change them into numbers that our monkey brains can handle more easily.
Didn’t I multiple it by 2/2 which is the same as 1? Like isn’t 2/8 the same as 1/4?
You’ve got it. The trick to working with fractions is multiplying them by fractional equivalents to one (2/2, 7/7, 13/13, etc) to change them into numbers that our monkey brains can handle more easily.