Damo and Water need Schooling Again on 1/3

Dixie said:
100% divided into thirds, is what??? Give me the three EQUAL parts! If you say 33.33333e%, I will ask you to define 'e' because it is not a number. Eventually, you will realize, the extra part can never be resolved.
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All e represents it that the 3 goes on forever. It is meaningless to speculate on what would happen if we divided 1/3 out forever - we would constantly get 33333333's. If we didn't, it wouldn't be 1/3 anymore. If we stopped at any time (like you are incorrectly doing in your head) the value wouldn't be 1/3 anymore.

Therefore, we know with certainty what 0.3333e is. It is resolved.
 
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Now dixie is honestly getting into the realm of chemistry. But he's probably too stupid to understand that he's gotten himself there.

His two problems:

1. Failing to comprehend infinity properly.
2. Failing to comprehend the decimal system properly.

Talking about anything else is just playing wack-a-mole.
 
Dixie said:
The physical properties of the apple did not change with base systems. In either case, you have the same 100% of 1 Apple. If you divide it into three parts, one part will have to contain the remainder. You can assume that the remainder is insignificant to your application, we often do this. Basically, what you are saying is, you can switch base math systems and recognize the value of something differently, but the value doesn't change. Going back to what Stringy said, the number symbols are only arbitrary representations we assign value to. 100% of the apple still exists, regardless of how you want to look at the apple. You've really not made your case, rather proven my point. You need to use base 12 math to assume the remainder in the division, but this is merely an arbitrarily assigned value you've placed on the problem in order to resolve it. This doesn't change the composition or "value" of the apple. It still remains 100% of an apple!
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I know the physical properties of the apple didn't change. That was my point.

The apple will always be able to be divided into thirds equally, even if you can't express the idea in decimal math.
 
Dixie said:
Pounds, again, are an arbitrary unit of measure we assigned. They have nothing to do with the percentage of a whole apple, which is expressed as 100%
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Again, absolutely incorrect. The decimal system is the arbitrary system we use to express numbers. It doesn't change reality. A three pound apple could be divided into three absolutely equal parts even if it cannot be expressed as a percentage. (unless, as we have shown in the thread, you were using a different base rather than 10....)
 
.3333e = an infinity amount of repeating 3's

Dixie can't understand that. He wants to stop the repeating of the 3's in his mind, to divide it out manually. This is pointless. We KNOW that it repeats infinitely, we KNOW that if we do this infinitely we get 1/3. It's meaningless to speculate. He wants to stop it at some arbitrary point, which WOULD change the value of 1/3, BUT THAT'S NO MATHEMATICALLY VALID.
 
"Percentages are not the measure of whether you can equally divide..."

Percentage expresses value, not measure. If I tell you I need 10% of an apple, you have no idea of what value in apple that would be, without first knowing the value of the whole apple. 10% of one apple may be considerably larger than 10% of another apple... Percent is not a unit of measure, it applies to value of the whole.
 
Dixie said:
"Percentages are not the measure of whether you can equally divide..."

Percentage expresses value, not measure. If I tell you I need 10% of an apple, you have no idea of what value in apple that would be, without first knowing the value of the whole apple. 10% of one apple may be considerably larger than 10% of another apple... Percent is not a unit of measure, it applies to value of the whole.
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I used "measure" as in "measure of a man", a philosophical idea that I (clearly mistakenly) thought you would be able to comprehend.

Again, the percentage value doesn't change the physical property of the apple. A three pound apple could be divided into exactly equal parts of 1 pound each, even if you cannot express it in a percentage you would accept. They would be exactly equal, and no piece would be holding a "remainder"...
 
Dixie said:
It's not a problem of the decimal systems representation, it's a problem with your brain not comprehending a relatively simple basic math principle. The reality is, you can never divide 100% of the apple into three equal parts, if you could, you would be able to give me the percentage of each equal part, and you can't. You can have two parts which are 33.33% of the whole, and another part which is 33.34% of the whole, and most retards like Waterhead and Damo, will never notice they have one of the smaller pieces. They will assume, as you do, that the apple has been "evenly" divided into thirds.
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Percent means per one hundred, which is ten squared. You are simply using another method of representation that does not do well with 1/3 because it is based on ten.

The problem is not the value it is the system.
 
Dixie said:
It's not a problem of the decimal systems representation, it's a problem with your brain not comprehending a relatively simple basic math principle. The reality is, you can never divide 100% of the apple into three equal parts, if you could, you would be able to give me the percentage of each equal part, and you can't. You can have two parts which are 33.33% of the whole, and another part which is 33.34% of the whole, and most retards like Waterhead and Damo, will never notice they have one of the smaller pieces. They will assume, as you do, that the apple has been "evenly" divided into thirds.
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seriously, thanks for starting this thread... it is truly amusing watching you compound ignorance with stupidity over and over again.

100 is divided equally by taking 33 1/3, 33 1/3 and 33 1/3. All three are equal portions. This has been pointed out to you by EVERYONE. From far right to far left. Men and women. Young and old. All are in 100% agreement that you are an idiot on this topic.

yet in your deluded fantasy world... it is everyone else that doesn't understand simple mathematical concepts.
 
Dixie won't answer this question.

Can you divide a foot into three exactly equal parts?

1 foot. Three exactly equal parts.

Can this be done?
 
Beefy said:
Dixie won't answer this question.

Can you divide a foot into three exactly equal parts?

1 foot. Three exactly equal parts.

Can this be done?
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no because you will get down to the atomic level and there will be nuclear fission.
 
RStringfield said:
Percent means per one hundred, which is ten squared. You are simply using another method of representation that does not do well with 1/3 because it is based on ten.

The problem is not the value it is the system.
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The value doesn't change with the system, the value is always constant. Percentage is not a value, it represents a portion of the whole. Percentage can apply regardless of what base math system you are going to use, it is universal.

This tickles me... "it doesn't do well with 1/3" as if mathematics can "do well" or "do poorly" rather than being a never-changing constant and defined mechanism. Math either works or it doesn't work... If math doesn't work, there is no order to the universe, up can be down or left can be right, it depends on how we choose to define them at any given moment. We can't rely on math to solve any problem, because math may not "do well" today, if it is feeling poorly!

Stringster, you seem like a fairly smart fella, I don't know why you want to act retarded.
 
Beefy said:
Dixie won't answer this question.

Can you divide a foot into three exactly equal parts?

1 foot. Three exactly equal parts.

Can this be done?
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I've answered this before... A "foot" is a unit of measure originally derived from the length of the human foot. Yes, rulers like cakes, pies, clovers, and everything else in the world, can be divided into three parts, I have not disputed this. We are talking about precise equality of the 3 parts of a whole. A foot is not precise measurement, it is as close to precise as humans need it to be, when building something, or when measuring something's length, width, and depth. If you cut the foot-long ruler into 3 parts at 4" each, you will have three seemingly equal parts. Can you guarantee that the three parts contain the exact same number of molecules? Unless you can, and show me where you have proven this conclusively, you have not divided the ruler into three precisely equal parts. Yes, they are all equal to 4" each, and together they equal a foot. If the ruler could be divided precisely, you could give me the actual percentage of each of the equal parts... why don't you do that for me... tell us what % of the whole ruler, each 4" piece represents? Go for it!
 
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