Mercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor · 7 days agoYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1458arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1429arrow-down1imageYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldMercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor · 7 days agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenotfromhere@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days 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-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-25 days 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-squaremister_flibble@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days 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-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days ago divvying up food rather than doing actual math. divvying up - dividing food into equal proportions - is math.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days 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
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days ago What an I missing? basic arithmetic? .33 + .33 doesn’t = .5
minus-squarenotfromhere@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 days agoGuess that makes two of us. More like .11 + .33 doesn’t = .5
minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoI was thinking the same thing.
I read it as “A third of a third plus a third is a half.” Which makes sense to me. What an I missing?
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
basic arithmetic? .33 + .33 doesn’t = .5
Guess that makes two of us. More like .11 + .33 doesn’t = .5
I was thinking the same thing.