• Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

    51 = 3*17

    3*17 = 17 + 17 + 17

    17 + 17 + 17 = (10+7) + (10+7) + (10+7)

    (10+7) + (10+7) + (10+7) = 30 + 21

    30 + 21 = 51

    yup, math checks out

    • _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz
      52·
      1 year ago

      I think you skipped a step:

      1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1

      Edit: Ohhhh, math by tens, I totally missed it. In that case, my mind wants to break it down to (10 * 5) + 1, and I’d still totally miss 17 as a possible factor.

      • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
        17·
        1 year ago

        You miss a couple os steps too.

        First, lets define the axioms, we’re using Peano’s for this exercise.

        Axiom 1: 0 is a natural number.

        Jump to axiom 6, define the succession function s(n) where s(n) = 0 is false, and for brevity s(0) = 1, s(s(0)) = 2 and so on…

    • BOMBS@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      51 = 3*17

      3*17 = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3

      3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1)

      (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) + (2+1) = 34 + 17

      34 + 17 = 51

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