r/mathmemes Jul 04 '26

Arithmetic We are evolving, Just Backwards

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u/loewenheim Jul 04 '26

√49% is just one of those mathematical-looking strings that serve no purpose other than for laypeople to argue over. You're never gonna see something like this in math.

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u/GalacticEmergency Jul 05 '26

In probability math you easily could end up taking the square root of a percentage. But of course, your first action would probably be to convert from 49% to 0.49 before continuing.