• Jamablaya@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    well, no, it’s understood that a third is .333 to infinity, so .333+.333+.333 does equal 1 for any use not requiring precision to the point of it mattering that it was actually .33333335 when measured.

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        It came from it not being actually .333 to infinity when measured in the required engineering precision i was talking about. It’s literally a “common use” mathematical convention (you clearly are unaware of) that three times .333 is one. Solves a lot of problems due to a failure of the notation.

        • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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          3 times 0.333 is 0.999 not 1.

          Saying it equals 1 may be a common engineering convention, but it is mathematically incorrect.

          There is no failure of notation if fractions are used, which is why I gave this example of usefulness.

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            You knows when a person informs you of a convention people use to solve a problem created by notation, you could just fucking learn instead of arguing stupidity.