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Old 02-01-2012, 09:24 PM   #256
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey View Post
1/9 = .¯1
9/9 = .¯9
1 = .¯9
beest and I are kind of lost by this notation. What does ".¯ " mean? it appears here to mean /9 -is that correct, and if so, why and how and all that stuff? srsly, we both have relatively high mathematical skills and have never seen this notation before. please 'splain, lucy!

(I wonderd if I was going nuts or senile, so I waited for beest's confirmation before I asked....
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