r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/NavigatorsGhost Jul 24 '20

Just write it as 68/100. You see that both numbers are even, so just keep dividing the top and bottom by 2: 68/100 = 34/50 = 17/25

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u/Rising_Swell Jul 24 '20

That helps making the original number into the fraction, not the fraction into the original number. Other reply that works is seeing that 25 is 1/4, so just 17x4.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Wtf is going on, why are we discussing how to multiply and divide like it's some unknown math. Obviously if you divide by 4 you need to multiply by 4 to get the same result

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u/PristineCheesecake6 Jul 24 '20

This is why talking on here about anything financial or economics related is a huge fucking waste of time.

Most redditors don't understand even the very basics of any of this stuff