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minus-squarequicksand@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agox has to be -10, right? Or am I missing something?
minus-squarejacksilver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah, I think the point is that the person answering was wrong/over complicating. If x=10i, then x^2 would be -100 (or potentially -10 depending on what you think the ^2 is applied to).
minus-squareKhanzarate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoThey said x=10i^2, not 10i. Difference is it equals -10, and they chose not to simplify.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThey’re correct, it’s just overcomplicated as fuck in ways that are correct but completely irrelevant to the question.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThe answer in the meme (10i^2) is -10
minus-squareRavi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoDepends on what are the allowed values for x are. Real numbers, complexe numbers, binary or I made up my own numbers ;)
x has to be -10, right? Or am I missing something?
Yeah, I think the point is that the person answering was wrong/over complicating. If x=10i, then x^2 would be -100 (or potentially -10 depending on what you think the ^2 is applied to).
They said x=10i^2, not 10i. Difference is it equals -10, and they chose not to simplify.
They’re correct, it’s just overcomplicated as fuck in ways that are correct but completely irrelevant to the question.
The answer in the meme (10i^2) is -10
Depends on what are the allowed values for x are. Real numbers, complexe numbers, binary or I made up my own numbers ;)