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minus-square@na_th_an@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink64•2 days agoIf you read it aloud it doesn’t sound right, but from a mathematical perspective it’s saying the number of steps per day should be less than 500, which I think is the intention of the writer, no?
minus-square@BackgrndNoize@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink37•edit-22 days agoYes that’s the intention but they got the order wrong, it would make more sense if it was written as ateps/day < 500
minus-square@Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink14•1 day agoIt’s so wrong it underflowed into somehow being right again. Unusual? Sure. Mathematically? Right.
minus-squareVioletSoftnesslinkfedilinkEnglish13•2 days agoPeople don’t know how to use greater-than or less-than symbols
If you read it aloud it doesn’t sound right, but from a mathematical perspective it’s saying the number of steps per day should be less than 500, which I think is the intention of the writer, no?
Yes that’s the intention but they got the order wrong, it would make more sense if it was written as ateps/day < 500
It’s so wrong it underflowed into somehow being right again.
Unusual? Sure. Mathematically? Right.
x>5 <=> 5>x 🤓
People don’t know how to use greater-than or less-than symbols