Mercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor · 10 hours agoYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1214arrow-down1imageYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldMercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor · 10 hours agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareladlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoI feel like ‘a half is one-third more than a third’ is ambiguous and same as in ‘X is N% more than Y’ one may use X or Y as 100% I’m sure that one interpretation is more common, but I don’t think that it is exclusively correct
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoBasically, “X is one-third more than Y” means either X = (4/3) × Y or X = Y + 1/3. I’m fine with either interpretation. The problem is that with the values of X and Y in this example, neither interpretation produces a valid equation.
I feel like ‘a half is one-third more than a third’ is ambiguous and same as in ‘X is N% more than Y’ one may use X or Y as 100%
I’m sure that one interpretation is more common, but I don’t think that it is exclusively correct
Basically, “X is one-third more than Y” means either X = (4/3) × Y or X = Y + 1/3. I’m fine with either interpretation.
The problem is that with the values of X and Y in this example, neither interpretation produces a valid equation.