Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 days agoKid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshitlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square283fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down134
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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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-up1·2 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.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoYour chosen notation solves nothing. Try Representing 3227/555 using 4 trailing dots. I started here by showing how fractions are useful. You are the ignorant aggressor, trying to fight centuries of mathematicians by claiming decimals are always better.
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.
Your chosen notation solves nothing. Try Representing 3227/555 using 4 trailing dots.
I started here by showing how fractions are useful.
You are the ignorant aggressor, trying to fight centuries of mathematicians by claiming decimals are always better.