In Memoriam - Dixie, Iconic Poster and original p.com crew, passed away 1/22/2018

[J Craft]

Dixie's point was that when dividing one whole unit into thirds, the math says there is a repeating decimal and thus the leftover portion produces a remainder which must be placed with one of the portions and it creates one portion that is larger than the other two. He therefore concluded there were no such thing as equal thirds

He wasn't wrong in a precise mathmatical sense, but our mathletes here at the site all ignored it and got silly with it. It was funny.

I had heard tell by Dixie- he retold it with humor. I read the link 3D posted to it. It was funnier than heck!

[Damocles]

Dixie's point was that when dividing one whole unit into thirds, the math says there is a repeating decimal and thus the leftover portion produces a remainder which must be placed with one of the portions and it creates one portion that is larger than the other two. He therefore concluded there were no such thing as equal thirds


He wasn't wrong in a precise mathmatical sense, but our mathletes here at the site all ignored it and got silly with it. It was funny.

He was wrong and the mathletes proved it.

[J Craft]

He was wrong and the mathletes proved it.

No, I agree with Dixie- all ya’all switched up the discussion- You pinheaded the argument

[tinfoil]

He was wrong and the mathletes proved it.

So what's the precise value of 1/3? Now multiply that value by 3. No matter what, you will be short of 1 by a value of 1/infinity

[PostmodernProphet]

He was wrong and the mathletes proved it.

lol.....except not......you can't argue away "remainder"......you can only mock it.......

[PostmodernProphet]

So what's the precise value of 1/3? Now multiply that value by 3. No matter what, you will be short of 1 by a value of 1/infinity

and people claim reincarnation is impossible....

[MAGA MAN]

So what's the precise value of 1/3? Now multiply that value by 3. No matter what, you will be short of 1 by a value of 1/infinity

What? 1/3 x 3 = 3.

[Damocles]

So what's the precise value of 1/3? Now multiply that value by 3. No matter what, you will be short of 1 by a value of 1/infinity

1/3 is the precise value of 1/3, and if you multiply it by 3 you get 1 with no 1/infinity nonsense. Math is not solely expressed by decimals.

[MAGA MAN]

1/3 can be expressed exactly in decimal form by 0.3 repeating. I just don't know how to produce that symbol with my keyboard, but it is a bar over the last decimal.

[USFREEDOM911]

So what's the precise value of 1/3? Now multiply that value by 3. No matter what, you will be short of 1 by a value of 1/infinity

So you're saying that if I cut a pie into 3 pieces, separate them, and then put them back in the pan, that a section will be missing.

[USFREEDOM911]

and people claim reincarnation is impossible....

Since tinfoil was already present; it would be more of a spirit possession, instead of a reincarnation.

[tinfoil]

What? 1/3 x 3 = 3.

Do you understand that 1/3 is not a precise number. It's a ratio

[MAGA MAN]

Do you understand that 1/3 is not a precise number. It's a ratio

It's a precise ratio.

[tinfoil]

It repeats forever because it's not precise. It seems to me you don't understand what infinite means. I'm done with this topic. RIP, Dixie. You were too young to go. Godspeed

[MAGA MAN]

It repeats forever because it's not precise. It seems to me you don't understand what infinite means.

How ironic. "repeats forever" means it goes on to infinity. It's obvious that you have no understanding of infinity.