• meowMix2525@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Right. The cells are dividing in half, which would be represented in math form by 1/0.5 = 2. Dividing by one half is the same thing as multiplying by 2, and division in general is really just a visually simplified way to multiply by a fraction of 1.

    Any time you divide by some fraction of 1, you will necessarily end up with a larger number because you’re doubling that division which reverses it back into multiplication, much in the same way as a negative x negative = positive. If that makes sense.

    A mathematician would not be bothered by this. A high schooler taking algebra I might be though, if you phrased it the same way this post did.