• Elise@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    If you divide two cakes by half a cake you get four half cakes.

    And negative cakes just make you more hungry. So if you’re 2 cakes hungry and I give you 5 you’ll only have 3 left because you ate them.

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      3 months ago

      Yeah, I guess, lots of maths being done without units is the culprit here.

      2 / 0.5 = 4 just makes it sound like you’ve magically applied some transformation to 2, which has cloned it.
      2 cakes / 0.5 cakes = 4 half-cakes rather makes it clear why it’s suddenly double the amount, without cloning involved.

      • Elise@beehaw.org
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        3 months ago

        I’m quite excited to help with any other things you have difficulties with.