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Think about it (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Didn't I multiple it by 2/2 which is the same as 1? Like isn't 2/8 the same as 1/4?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

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.