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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Huh, that's a cool way to think of it. I've done a decent amount of higher level maths but stuff like this always cooks my brain if I let it. I thought of the numbers as the fractions 1/4 and 1/2, which then reminds me that 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/4, but I think your way feels more elegant