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Probably should've just asked Wolfram Alpha

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm guessing whatever it scraped to generate this was intended for divvying up food rather than doing actual math. 1/3 plus a third of a third is close enough to a half if you're talking about portioning out pizza or leftovers or what have you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

divvying up food rather than doing actual math.

divvying up - dividing food into equal proportions - is math.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yep, the difference between .444... And .5 is only .0555...

Who notices 5 nintieths of something? That's going to be within the error of sloppy measuring anyways