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minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoSomehow I have the feeling that this is not going to convince people who think that 0.9999… /= 1, but only make them madder. Personally I like to point to the difference, or rather non-difference, between 0.333… and ⅓, then ask them what multiplying each by 3 is.
minus-squareDeanFogg@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoCut a banana into thirds and you lose material from cutting it hence .9999
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoThat’s not how fractions and math work though.
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoOh shit, don’t think I saw that before. That makes it intuitive as hell.
Somehow I have the feeling that this is not going to convince people who think that 0.9999… /= 1, but only make them madder.
Personally I like to point to the difference, or rather non-difference, between 0.333… and ⅓, then ask them what multiplying each by 3 is.
Cut a banana into thirds and you lose material from cutting it hence .9999
That’s not how fractions and math work though.
Oh shit, don’t think I saw that before. That makes it intuitive as hell.