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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink43•4 months agoIf you move it around it makes more sense. .25 = 0.5*0.5 If you take half of something only half of the time you take a quarter of something.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•4 months agoI see it more clear with this: 0.25 * 2 = 0.5 Dividing by 0.5 is like multiplying by 2.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoI get why computers suck at decimals and division now.
If you move it around it makes more sense.
.25 = 0.5*0.5
If you take half of something only half of the time you take a quarter of something.
I see it more clear with this: 0.25 * 2 = 0.5
Dividing by 0.5 is like multiplying by 2.
I get why computers suck at decimals and division now.