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Posted on 9/17/19 at 10:56 am to Jon Ham
quote:It's not smaller
A number minus a smaller number will never be 0.
quote:It's not less than 1
.9 repeating is less than 1
quote:What does 3+3+3 have to do with this discussion?
unless the laws of “infinity” somehow change 3+3+3 from equaling 9 to equaling 10.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 11:07 am to Jon Ham
quote:Infinity is the answer to your question
How far do we carry this out until 3 + 3 + 3 equals 10?
Posted on 9/17/19 at 11:17 am to Jon Ham
quote:
So I have a 10 inch ruler that I’m trying to split into 3 equal parts. Instead of using inches though, I’ll create a new unit of measurement called “jonnies.” One jonnie is equal to 1/12 of 10 inches. I can then take that 10 inch ruler and divide it into 3 equal 4 jonnie pieces.
But going the other way:
Something 3ft long can be divided equally in 3 pieces.
Something 1yd long can not.
This post was edited on 9/17/19 at 11:18 am
Posted on 9/17/19 at 11:22 am to G2160
quote:
Something 3ft long can be divided equally in 3 pieces. Something 1yd long can not.
Anything... of any length between 0 and infinity... can be divided into 3 exactly equal length pieces.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 11:29 am to PhiTiger1764
quote:I'm saying the problem is not real. It's like a physics problem occuring "in the absence of air".
t is not theoretical. It is a real number.
.33 repeating is a real number which is exactly equal to 1/3
.99 repeating is a real number which is exactly equal to 1.
Imagine the gold bar is 3 feet long. Do you agree that you can cut it into equal thirds of exactly 1 foot each?
If so, why can’t you then take one of the 1 foot long gold bars and further cut them into equal thirds of exactly .33 repeating feet
A gold bar will not be mechanically partitioned without loss of mass (or some length in your 3 foot bar example) and there isn't a scale that will measure to infinite repeating units.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 11:32 am to LNCHBOX
quote:
you sound like a moron.
A better question for everyone to ponder: I know you are but what am I?
Posted on 9/17/19 at 11:34 am to G2160
quote:
Something 3ft long can be divided equally in 3 pieces.
Something 1yd long can not.
Good God... Some of you retards are legitimately retarded.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 11:39 am to Displaced
To borrow a phrase I saw someone else use one time on here:
This thread is like watching midgets trying to dunk a basketball.
This thread is like watching midgets trying to dunk a basketball.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 11:41 am to LordoftheManor
quote:This confuses the shite out of my calculator.
3.333 repeating... multiplied by 3.... is exactly equal to 10.
This.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:14 pm to G2160
quote:
But going the other way: Something 3ft long can be divided equally in 3 pieces.
Something 1yd long can not.
.....
The school systems have failed us all.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:17 pm to G2160
quote:
Something 3ft long can be divided equally in 3 pieces.
Something 1yd long can not.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:21 pm to WildManGoose
quote:
A better question for everyone to ponder: I know you are but what am I?
Come back skills are on par with your math skills at least
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:23 pm to PhiTiger1764
quote:
Anything... of any length between 0 and infinity... can be divided into 3 exactly equal length pieces.
I meant as far as the semantics being discussed here of 0.333(repeating) yards are concerned.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:27 pm to LNCHBOX
quote:
An actual 10 lb gold bar can not be divided into three equal parts, period.
quote:Yeah according to that guy, if I create a unit let's call it the CS that's equal to 10/9lbs. The gold bar weighs 9 CS. So all of a sudden, we can divide the gold bar into three equal parts
Walk me through your logic here. Is it because humans aren't capable of accurately doing it?
Because if that's not your argument, you sound like a moron.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:27 pm to shel311
quote:
9 repeating is less than 1
It's not less than 1
Yes it is.
Because 1/3 doesn’t actually equal .3 repeating. .3 is not an accurate expression of 1/3.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:33 pm to G2160
quote:
I meant as far as the semantics being discussed here of 0.333(repeating) yards are concerned.
Again, you're a retard.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:33 pm to Antonio Moss
Moron.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:43 pm to G2160
quote:
But going the other way:
Something 3ft long can be divided equally in 3 pieces.
Something 1yd long can not.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 12:47 pm to Displaced
quote:
Again, you're a retard.
Please tell me in yards of decimal format exactly how long each 1/3 yard piece would be?
If you were to measure and cut down to an infinitely small scale, how long would each third of the yard stick be? A true one third will always have a 3 in the next smaller decimal place.
This is not unlike any of the distance paradoxes out there that approach a limit that we know to exist, but mathematically trail off to infinitely smaller and continuing amounts.
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