Mercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 5 hours agoYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1imageYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldMercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 5 hours agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·4 hours ago(1/3) +(1/2)(1/3) = 1/2 Math checks out from this end.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 hours ago“a half is one-third more than a third” should mean either 1/3 + 1/3 = 1/2 Or 1/3 + (1/3 × 1/3) = 1/2 Neither of which is true.
minus-squarejbrains@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-24 hours ago1/3 more than 1/3 is 4/9. What you wrote is 1/2 more than 1/3, not 1/3 more of it.
(1/3) +(1/2)(1/3) = 1/2
Math checks out from this end.
“a half is one-third more than a third” should mean either
1/3 + 1/3 = 1/2
Or
1/3 + (1/3 × 1/3) = 1/2
Neither of which is true.
1/3 more than 1/3 is 4/9. What you wrote is 1/2 more than 1/3, not 1/3 more of it.