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What is 2+2?

Question

I ame on Kindergardren ande i donot know de anwser to the qestion

 

Answer

2 + 2 again.

Everything depends on the context.

In normal definition of operation of decimal numbers,
2 + 2 = 4 in the usual base 10.

In fact, under usual operation of numbers,
2 + 2 = 4 for all bases >= 5.

In definition of operation of binary numbers,
2 + 2 = 100 in base 2.

In definition of operation of tertiary base,
2 + 2 = 11 in base 3.

In definition of operation of quadruple base,
2 + 2 = 10 in base 4.

Viewing in context,
2 + 2 can be anything, according to how we define the “addition” to mean what, plus how we define the representation of what “2” means.

One example is sufficient to illustrate this point.

If “2” is viewed as a symbol and
If “+” is viewed as “join the two symbols”

Then, 2 + 2 = 22

Oops, since you are in kindergarten, the answer is 4.
Ignore the rest.
It’s too much.

 

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