this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Wrong method, correct solution?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The interesting question now is how many similar fractions this is true for

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If I had to guess I'd say infinitely many, but I'm in no way competent enough to prove it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

When you screw up so much, Stephen bloody Hawking needs to get up and calm down Einstein not to beat you up.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fun fact: I ran it through Wolfram|Alpha. The result actually checks out. And if we try 163x2, well, 3x2 = 6, 6x2 = 12, and 1x2 = 2 obviously. So 200 + 120 + 6 = 326. thus, 163/326 = 1/2