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Why does division take a lot more mental effort than multiplication?
It is mentally more difficult to divide 2 numbers than it is to multiply them. If you ask me what is 3 * 27, i will immediately tell you 'a little less than 90'.
However, I really have no idea what is 3 / 27. It is much harder to do this operation,…
Dennis Kozevnikoff
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