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re: Math weirdness: Infinite gold is not enough
Posted on 9/16/19 at 11:55 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Posted on 9/16/19 at 11:55 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Shut up, engineer.
1
Posted on 9/16/19 at 11:55 pm to Duke
quote:
0.333 repeating + 0.333 repeating + 0.333 repeating must also equal 1.
Are we relying on faith to determine the sum of three numbers?
Posted on 9/16/19 at 11:56 pm to Jon Ham
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Are we relying on faith
Jesus isn't going to help you hog boy.
Posted on 9/16/19 at 11:57 pm to MrLarson
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Shut up, engineer.
The engineer's answer is "0.3 is close enough for this work".
Posted on 9/16/19 at 11:57 pm to PhiTiger1764
quote:
Also, dividing six by three and one by three are different problems.
quote:I'm an idiot when it comes to math so I have no problem being wrong but wouldn't one be dividable by 3 and the other 3.3333333?
It is not different. Both are exactly divisible by 3.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:00 am to TigerstuckinMS
quote:
The engineer's answer is "0.3 is close enough for this work".
The accountants answer is better.
Accountant gets up and closes the door.
What do you need the answer to be?
I'm here all day
This post was edited on 9/17/19 at 12:04 am
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:06 am to Jon Ham
quote:
Are we relying on faith to determine the sum of three numbers?
We're relying on 1/3 = 0.333 repeating
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:10 am to Duke
quote:
We're relying on 1/3 = 0.333 repeating
Right, but I don’t care how many times it repeats, 3+3+3 is always 9.
.333
+ .333
+ .333
———-
.999
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:16 am to Jon Ham
quote:
but I don’t care how many times it repeats, 3+3+3 is always 9.
But you agree 1/3 = .333 repeating right?
And 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 always equals 1.
The problem is really .333 repeating is an approximation because we can't make a decimal exact to 1/3.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 3:05 am to Jon Ham
3 1/3
3 1/3
3 1/3
9+3/3= 10
Tards
3 1/3
3 1/3
9+3/3= 10
Tards
Posted on 9/17/19 at 3:09 am to MrLarson
quote:
given 30% to each and 10% to charity
What about the 60% left?
Posted on 9/17/19 at 3:22 am to SmoothOperator96
Nah, the right biblical answer is you have to cut the kids in half, easy answer, it adds up, and the bitchin stops.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 4:04 am to Jon Ham
A very similar paradox was discovered by Greeks. Look into Zeno's various paradoxes which all deal with infinities like this.
Turns out you need calculus to solve it, specifically infinitesimal calculus. The calculus hadn't yet been discovered in those days.
You solve this with "limits" in calculus, which should be something any student will take in college calculus.
Turns out you need calculus to solve it, specifically infinitesimal calculus. The calculus hadn't yet been discovered in those days.
You solve this with "limits" in calculus, which should be something any student will take in college calculus.
This post was edited on 9/17/19 at 4:08 am
Posted on 9/17/19 at 5:41 am to HempHead
quote:
He can't
I'm. He most certainly can.
Pounds aren't the only metric that can be used
Posted on 9/17/19 at 5:43 am to Jon Ham
288
Posted on 9/17/19 at 5:43 am to MrLarson
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Split 10 in equal parts
Are there really a bunch of you folks who if I gave you something measured into 10 units and asked you to divide it in thirds that don't know you can use a different unit to measure?
Seriously?
Posted on 9/17/19 at 5:44 am to northshorebamaman
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That's my thinking. Theoretically you can have three equal thirds. In reality it's impossible.
WTF
Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:07 am to Jon Ham
This OP coupled with some of the replies in here may be the new standard for stupidity posted on the OT.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:34 am to Jon Ham
For whatever it’s worth, it’s pretty easy to show that 0.99999... repeating is exactly equal to one. Not very close, they are the same number.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:42 am to Jon Ham
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You can’t split a foot into 3 equal 4 inch parts?
Depends on how big of a shoe the person wears
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