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addition of integers?
When did you first realize that you add any number of integers and the order didn't matter?
What convinced you? Please do not say the principle of finite induction since I'm sure you believed the result before learning that.
5 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I'd say mid-way through college, when I finally FULLY grasped the ideas of commutativity and associativity in calculus. As a side note, it's amazing how much easier that makes division, multiplication, and exponentiation once you have those ideas burned into your mind :)
Source(s): Engineering BS - biglildanLv 61 decade ago
I was always good at maths and I can't imagine a time when I wasn't convinced of that. I think it's a fact you take so much for granted that you're not aware of the learning process.
- David CLv 51 decade ago
Around 6 or 7. I was convinced because I was young and stupid, so I didn't realize yet that adults lie. Thus, my teacher said it was true, so I believed it to be.
- ?Lv 41 decade ago
probably when i was five and adding numbers and realized that the order didnt matter.
induction had nothing to do with it
isnt that like an axiom anyway?
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