@Mercuri to Programmer [email protected] • 2 days agoYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2imagemessage-square64arrow-up1436arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1410arrow-down1imageYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2@Mercuri to Programmer [email protected] • 2 days agomessage-square64file-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•16 hours agoI read it as “A third of a third plus a third is a half.” Which makes sense to me. What an I missing?
minus-square@mojofrododojolinkEnglish1•5 hours ago What an I missing? basic arithmetic? .33 + .33 doesn’t = .5
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-25 hours agoGuess that makes two of us. More like .11 + .33 doesn’t = .5
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔linkfedilink4•edit-213 hours agoIt’s wrong. 1/3 + (1/3 * 1/3) = 3/9 + 1/9 = 4/9. It’s close though. However, one third plus one half of a third is correct. 1/3 + (1/2 * 1/3) = 1/3 + (1.5/3 * 1/3) = 1/3 + 0.5/3 = 1.5/3 = 1/2
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•12 hours agoI’m guessing whatever it scraped to generate this was intended for divvying up food rather than doing actual math. 1/3 plus a third of a third is close enough to a half if you’re talking about portioning out pizza or leftovers or what have you.
minus-square@mojofrododojolinkEnglish1•5 hours ago divvying up food rather than doing actual math. divvying up - dividing food into equal proportions - is math.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•7 hours agoYep, the difference between .444… And .5 is only .0555… Who notices 5 nintieths of something? That’s going to be within the error of sloppy measuring anyways
I read it as “A third of a third plus a third is a half.” Which makes sense to me. What an I missing?
basic arithmetic? .33 + .33 doesn’t = .5
Guess that makes two of us. More like .11 + .33 doesn’t = .5
It’s wrong.
1/3 + (1/3 * 1/3) = 3/9 + 1/9 = 4/9. It’s close though.However, one third plus one half of a third is correct.
1/3 + (1/2 * 1/3) = 1/3 + (1.5/3 * 1/3) = 1/3 + 0.5/3 = 1.5/3 = 1/2I’m guessing whatever it scraped to generate this was intended for divvying up food rather than doing actual math. 1/3 plus a third of a third is close enough to a half if you’re talking about portioning out pizza or leftovers or what have you.
divvying up - dividing food into equal proportions - is math.
Yep, the difference between .444… And .5 is only .0555…
Who notices 5 nintieths of something? That’s going to be within the error of sloppy measuring anyways