@Mercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 1 month agoYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1460arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1431arrow-down1imageYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.world@Mercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 1 month agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@notfromhere@lemmy.mllinkfedilink4•1 month 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 🍔linkfedilink7•edit-21 month 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@mister_flibble@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•1 month 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@Revan343@lemmy.calinkfedilink1•1 month 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-square@mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month ago divvying up food rather than doing actual math. divvying up - dividing food into equal proportions - is math.
minus-square@mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month ago What an I missing? basic arithmetic? .33 + .33 doesn’t = .5
minus-square@notfromhere@lemmy.mllinkfedilink2•edit-21 month agoGuess that makes two of us. More like .11 + .33 doesn’t = .5
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.
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
divvying up - dividing food into equal proportions - is math.
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.