I Think I Know What 1/3 of 100 Is..

[Dog--]

I'm not sure if I'm right, and I don't know why I was thinking about this, but here it goes...

it is 33.33 + 1/3 and 1/2 of a third

I don't know, but atleast it's something...

 

[Sainku]

I think what you are trying to say is 33.333...*3=100

 

[Qonfused]

Jesus Christ.

 

[Ikerous]

I'm not sure if I'm right, and I don't know why I was thinking about this, but here it goes...

it is 33.33 + 1/3 and 1/2 of a third

I don't know, but atleast it's something...

100/3 = 33.333...

Or 33 + 1/3, which is less than 33.33 + 1/3 + 1/6

I think what you are trying to say is 33.333...=100

Maybe 33.333...*3 = 100

 

[Sainku]

Maybe 33.333...*3 = 100

Thats what I meant to type

 

[Naudian]

[1/3 of 100] is 33.33 + 1/3 and 1/2 of a third

Um...1/3 of 100 is just 33.333 repeating. What you just typed does not equal 33.333 repeating :|
Did I miss something? This better not have anything to do with .999 = 1 :frown:

 

[Dog--]

No, it doesnt have anything to do with 0.999.. = 1, but technically 33.3333... isnt 1\3 of 100 it is just 33.333....333.....3......3333..... and a bunch of threes... not 1\3 of 100..

Or 33 + 1/3, which is less than 33.33 + 1/3 + 1/6

If it's less than 33.33... then it doesn't work...

 

[Naudian]

No, it doesnt have anything to do with 0.999.. = 1, but technically 33.3333... isnt 1\3 of 100 it is just 33.333....333.....3......3333..... and a bunch of threes... not 1\3 of 100..

1/3 of 1 is .333...
1/3 of 10 is 3.333...
1/3 of 100 is 33.333...

If it's less than 33.33... then it doesn't work...

33.333... is less than 33.83, which is what you typed adds up to.

 

[Cole]

1/3 of a hundred is.... 1/3 x 100.

I win.

 

[Raeven0]

...

(1/3) = .33...
That is, one third equals point three recurring. They teach you this in remedial third grade arithmetic. It's called long division.

Ergo:
100*(1/3) = (100/3) = 33.33...
One third of one hundred equals thirty-three point three recurring by the Multiplicative Property of Equality.

You're wrong. If you want to make a mathematical statement, PROOF is everything.

 

[15357]

100 / 3 = 33.3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333....... and so on and so forth.

33.333333333333..... * 3 = 100 because 33.333... = 100/3 and 100/3 * 3 = 100.

 

[Dog--]

Oh. I suppose I am wrong...

 

[15357]

FINALLY! WE HATH ENLIGHTENED HIM!


Woohoo!

 

[Dog--]

I can't argue with numbers about numbers, it just doesn't work that way.

It's funny, because the only way I understand it is the way numbers explains it.. :\

 

[bryanf445]

Jesus Christ.

qft

 

[bbson john]

Since 33.333... is a number, we can conceive the concepts only by numeral method, or proof.

 

[Geogaddi]

 

[Dog--]

Wrong forum...

This is an entirely different thing!

 

[Angry Lawyer]

Just use something other than denary to do it, and your problems will be resolved.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Feath]

Just use something other than denary to do it, and your problems will be resolved.

-Angry Lawyer

Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because Dec 25 = Oct 31.

 

[Raeven0]

Just use something other than denary to do it, and your problems will be resolved.

Only if the base is itself divisible by 3. Otherwise you still get the recurring three.

 

[xombine]

This math debate shit really needs to stop.

 

[bbson john]

0.999 = 1 is really a trivial fact. Lock this post, perhaps?

 

[mortiz]

Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because Dec 25 = Oct 31.

That joke makes baby Jesus cry.

 

[Angry Lawyer]

That joke makes baby Jesus cry out in awesome

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Nooooooooooooooooooo, Do Not Want!