Mercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 7 hours agoYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1160arrow-down1imageYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldMercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 7 hours agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_dayslinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·6 hours ago(1/3) +(1/2)(1/3) = 1/2 Math checks out from this end.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·5 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-up9·edit-26 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.