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minus-square@kewko@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglish30•1 year agoMathematician 2 kinda blew my mind, kinda obvious, just can’t believe I was never taught or thought about it.
minus-square@mac@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•1 year agoLost me when it used Math.abs after calling math.max a their
minus-square@Artyom@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•1 year agoI’ve been staring at it for 10 minutes and I’m still not convinced it works.
minus-square@uberrice@feddit.delinkfedilink3•1 year agoSimple, really. Abs(x-y) is the difference between the two numbers, absolute, so positive value. So, adding abs(x-y) to the smaller of the two numbers turns it into the bigger number. Plus the bigger number, now you have 2 times the bigger number
Mathematician 2 kinda blew my mind, kinda obvious, just can’t believe I was never taught or thought about it.
Lost me when it used Math.abs after calling math.max a their
Math.Sqrt((x-y) * (x-y))(I’ve actually seen someone use this)Yeah, that was my favorite one
I’ve been staring at it for 10 minutes and I’m still not convinced it works.
Simple, really. Abs(x-y) is the difference between the two numbers, absolute, so positive value. So, adding abs(x-y) to the smaller of the two numbers turns it into the bigger number. Plus the bigger number, now you have 2 times the bigger number