Probably should’ve just asked Wolfram Alpha

  • lad@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    I feel like ‘a half is one-third more than a third’ is ambiguous and same as in ‘X is N% more than Y’ one may use X or Y as 100%

    I’m sure that one interpretation is more common, but I don’t think that it is exclusively correct

    • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      Basically, “X is one-third more than Y” means either X = (4/3) × Y or X = Y + 1/3. I’m fine with either interpretation.

      The problem is that with the values of X and Y in this example, neither interpretation produces a valid equation.