Zagorath comments on Yes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

"a half is one-third more than a third" should mean either

1/3 + 1/3 = 1/2

1/3 + (1/3 × 1/3) = 1/2

Neither of which is true.

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 point 2 years ago

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.

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