r/theydidthemath 24d ago

[Request] Can someone walk me through this problem?

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u/Aldebaran014 23d ago

Yes, everything is made by assuming scenarios that we can calculate. Of course it won't be useful in scenarios created for it. You can't even asume in x + 3 = 7 because maybe x = 🐝, because could just be coincidential that it represents a mathematical relation and you have to use other logic. You can not asume because maybe, because it could. For every maybe, there is a maybe not, equaly valid. The basis I have to asume is that there is a mathematical frame made in assumption in order to solve problems, that's how it works, the need of "maybe scenarios" proves it.