Probably should’ve just asked Wolfram Alpha

  • @[email protected]
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    212 hours ago

    I’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.

    • @mojofrododojo
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      15 hours ago

      divvying up food rather than doing actual math.

      divvying up - dividing food into equal proportions - is math.

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      16 hours ago

      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