Mercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 days agoYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1433arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1406arrow-down1imageYes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2lemmy.worldMercuri@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 days agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenotfromhere@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours 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-up3·edit-23 hours 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-up1·2 hours 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.
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.