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An Interesting Way to Multiply Two Numbers
How To Multiply Two Numbers Using π¦ = π₯Β²
3 min readNov 5, 2023
A Demonstration
Take the graph of π¦ = π₯Β² that looks something like this:
Take any two numbers π and π which we would like to multiply together. Let us say π = 5 and π = 4 . We find these points on the graph of π¦ = π₯Β² taking π or π on either side of the axis:
Next we simply draw a line that connects these two points:
The point where the line intersects the y axis is your answer of a times π!
Why it works?
For those of you that are interested, here is the maths behind why this works.
The equation of a line is given as:
