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submitted 1 month ago by Mercuri@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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Probably should've just asked Wolfram Alpha

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

(1/3) +(1/2)(1/3) = 1/2

Math checks out from this end.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"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.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month 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.

[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

1/3 more than 1/3 is 4/9. What you wrote is 1/2 more than 1/3, not 1/3 more of it.