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Intuitively speaking, how many times does half of a thing fit into a quarter of a thing? The answer is, exactly one half time.

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How many halves fit into a quarter? Half of them

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That’s exactly how I think of it, so strange someone downvoted you

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✅ Math is hard

❌ This math is hard

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0.25 / 0.5 = 0.5
0.25 = 0.5 × 0.5
1/4 = 1/2 × 1/2

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p/q=q

So q=√p

Works with a lot of numbers ☝🏻🤓

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Ehhh |q| = √p but close enough

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If q=√p then -q=√p also.

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