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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

that's not how addition works

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

The statement is too broad. You can only multiply the numerator and denominator to keep it the same if I remember correctly.

1/2 + 1/4 = x
(1×2)/(2x2)  + 1/4 = x
2/4 + 1/4 = x
3/4 = x

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

(1/2) = (1/2)

(1/2) = (1 + 1 / 2 + 1)

(1/2) = (2/3)

QED