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minus-squarejacksilver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·vor 4 MonatenYeah, 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-up22·vor 4 MonatenThey said x=10i^2, not 10i. Difference is it equals -10, and they chose not to simplify.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·vor 4 MonatenThey’re correct, it’s just overcomplicated as fuck in ways that are correct but completely irrelevant to the question.
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.