Mercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 8 hours agoYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1190arrow-down1imageYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldMercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 8 hours agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·7 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-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·54 minutes 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-up1·31 minutes 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.
“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.
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.