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What is 1+1? please provide a long sentence stating why it is correct

User Pikaurd
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Answer:


1 + 1 = 2

Explanation:

1 + 1 is equal to 2 because it is- at least that's what we believe the answer to be. It doesn't have to, but it is just what we as humans have come to recognize because it is internationally accepted.

Heck, you don't need to be a genius to understand that when you inherently have exactly one more of a thing, you have more of it. Numbers are just a way to represent more (or less if we're talking negatives). Now, we'll probably never understand why mathematics is so beautifully synchronized with our world, but it is, and we as a sentient species have come to recognize that for the longest time.

Numbers are abstract, as long as you are consistent, anything can be a number if you give it value.
1+1 doesn't have to equal
2, if we wanted we could make it equal to
:).
1 + 1 =\ :)

Whether we are solving basic algebra:


:)x + 4 = 10\\:)x = 6\\x = (6)/(:)) =3

Or calculating integrals:


\int\limits^(0.5)_(0) {8xe^(:)x)} \, dx\\= (xe^(:)x))/(:))-\int\limits{(e^(:)x))/(:))} \, dx\\= 4xe^(:)x) - :)e^(:)x) + C = (4x-:))e^(:)x) + C\\=(4x-:))e^(:)x)|^(0.5)_(0)\\= (4(0.5)-:))e^(:)(0.5)) - (4(0)-:))e^(:)(0))\\= :)


1+1 will always be whatever
1+1 is.

Hopefully, I didn't get too philosophical lol.

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