Thanks to each of you.
Slider, your well-written explanation is exactly what I was looking for. I followed the thought process and it makes sense to me now. I appreciate your time.
First of all, I'm not strong in math, but always interested in learning more. This is an "intellectual satisfaction" type of question, meaning knowing the answer won't really impact anything, but will afford me a certain satisfaction by quenching my curiosity. Maybe someone out there would be...