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Kraiden@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Numbers are all made up stuff, and they’re all the same. Here, lemme prove it; let a=b, and…

  a² = ab             // multiplying both sides by "a"
  2a² = a²+ab         // adding a² to both sides
  2a²-2ab = a²-ab     // subtracting 2ab from both sides
  2(a²-ab) = 1(a²-ab) // isolating (a²-ab)
  2 = 1               // dividing both sides by (a²-ab)
  

  From there you can prove any number is any number. 36=36 or 36=8 or 36=π.

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• Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Do you mean 36 = 18 there? Otherwise, I’m very confused. 😅

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  • mhi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Doesn’t make a difference as 18 = 8

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• DacoTaco@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Because the things like 3a are only for variables, not numbers.

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