Mar 24, 2021 · The 'ambiguity' here comes from the fact that we use parenthesis as a multiplication operator as well. We can agree that $2(1+2) = 2 \times (1+2)$

Feb 16, 2018 · I was looking around on the internet until I stumbled upon this equation. $$111111111\\times111111111 = 12345678987654321$$ How does this actually work? It is …

Sep 14, 2011 · As to multiplication, both addition and multiplication are just some operations that map two elements to one element. I think you can define any operations on a set to be …

May 20, 2013 · Many years ago, I noticed that $987654321/123456789 = 8.0000000729\\ldots$. I sent it in to Martin Gardner at Scientific American and he published it in his column!!! My life …

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Feb 28, 2022 · First, let's do 3 times 0.5, which we'll treat as 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.5. But instead of thinking of it happening all at once, imagine we take 3 seconds, and in the first second we …

Dec 9, 2010 · I am finding with some formulas for my web application. I need a formula that counts the number of values between two number, e.g. there are four numbers (3,4,5,6) …

Aug 14, 2014 · Computers used a set of bits to represent numbers. Signed and unsigned numbers are two different ways of mapping bits to numbers.

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