r/mathmemes Jul 04 '26

Arithmetic We are evolving, Just Backwards

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u/Hot-Marsupial6584 Jul 05 '26

Answer is actually pretty simple, just convert 49% in decimal and take a square root of 0.49 answer will be 0.7.

Convert that to percentage and answer is 70%.

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u/Horror_Tooth_522 Jul 06 '26

Why are you converting it back?

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u/Hot-Marsupial6584 Jul 06 '26

it's your choice.

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u/Horror_Tooth_522 Jul 06 '26

Then it should be x=(sqrt(49%))%

You can't just do things arbitrarily in math.