Also OP doesn't understand 1/2 is the same as 2/4.

You do not understand the difference between imaginary numbers and physical quantities.

You do not understand the definition of "imaginary numbers".

I can't read?


An imaginary number is a complex number that can be written as a real number multiplied by the imaginary unit i, which is defined by its property i2 = −1. The square of an imaginary number bi is −b2. For example, 5i is an imaginary number, and its square is −25. Zero is considered to be both real and imaginary.



changing real numbers 2/4 to 1/2 is imaginary

Imagine that.

Exactly, if you have four boxes that in each of two boxes there is an element, you are imagining there is only 2 boxes with 1 element to say 1/2.


1/2 is purely an imaginary number and not the physical quantity 2/4

This can't be real life right? You don't really think that an imaginary number is one that you just think about? I can't tell if this is all just one big troll or not.

I gotta say, I was getting bored. But this new info on imaginary numbers has some possibilities that make me smile.

x is not equal to y , I do not have to show or prove anything else.


You came into this thread late, try this


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123
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x is not equal to y ok?

It is not new info, the info already already exists but nobody has really bothered to look at it except me. I do not take things at face value, I never have. Things that appear to be true are not necessarily always true.


There is a huge difference in something physical and something imaginary.

Objectively 4 boxes is not 2 boxes .


(4+2) - (2+1) = 1/2


(4+2) - (2+?) = ?/2

No thanks. I quit.

ETA: I get the feeling that the rest of the thread participants have seen this act already. Besides, my flight is about to take off.

I was good - I stayed away for 2 days...

You may be able to read, but...

You clearly lack comprehension.

This last statement has NOTHING to do with the definition of imaginary numbers.

1/2 and 2/4 are fractions - which are one method of representing relationships between two numbers.

Lets start with something simple:

Do you agree that 1/2 = 50%. Why or why not?

You should find a new hobby.

Could you go into more detail about these equations? First one doesn't seem to add up for me.

Or anyone anywhere.

2nd one looks right though.

My plane is about to take off. My arrival time is before my departure time. Now THATS imaginary.

Understand that words mean what we want them to mean, I am using the imaginary number with slight ambiguity.

You know what imaginary means and you know what a number means


Therefore you should know that 1/2 is an imaginary number of 2/4


1/2 is changing the physical properties and stating something different if it were a real number

1/2 = 50%

2/4 = 50%



1/2 does not equal 2/4 in real numbers.

Keeping it real.

pkdk this concept of using words as you want them to mean does not work in mathematics.

In mathematics - in all the sciences - words have specific, immutable definitions.

Your refusal to use their proper definitions means that all you are doing is babbling like a baby who doesn't know the meanings of the sounds being made.

As such there truly is no point in anyone continuing this discussion. One cannot converse with a baby, one can only make goo goo noises at them and laugh at how cute they are pretending to use words.

If at some point you decide to use the actual definitions of words in this discussion, we can resume. Until then, goo goo gaa gaa woosie woosie whatsit?

Objectively keeping it real.

Whoosa woosie watsit wen?

The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question.

I would argue that science uses words wrongly, a sort of legalese to confuse everyone how simple it really is.


imaginary
ɪˈmadʒɪn(ə)ri/Submit
adjective
1.
existing only in the imagination.
"Chris had imaginary conversations with her"
synonyms: unreal, non-existent, fictional, fictitious, pretend, make-believe, mythical, mythological, legendary, storybook, fanciful, fantastic; More
2.
MATHEMATICS
(of a number or quantity) expressed in terms of the square root of a negative number (usually the square root of −1, represented by i or j ).


Number 2 being the imaginative of 1.

The beautiful is reality....

Sure the first one


(4 boxes + 2 elements ) the elements are in 2 of the boxes


take away 2 boxes with 1 element in one of the boxes, we can shake it so we know there is an element inside.


(4+2) - (2+1) = 1/2


ok with that?