Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days agoKid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshitlemmy.worldimagemessage-square265fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days ago3 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.
minus-squareJamablaya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoYou 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.
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.
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.