Does 2/6 Equal 1/3?
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WHO TAUGHT YOU MATH?!?Blackson wrote:1/3=30%
2/6=30%
30%=30%
1/3=30%
1/3 does not equal 30%. Who is lazy enough to assume that is the case?
3/10 = 30%
1/3.33333333333333(3's forever)=30.%
1/3 = 0.33333333333333333(3's FOREVER)

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That is no excuse for improper division.Blackson wrote:MAH BAD.
Was in a hurry, library was closing in 2 minutes.
Anyone who is anybody knows that 1/3 is 33.33333...% not 30%.... You were a complete 3.3333...% off.
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And once again, 1/3 does equal 2/6 mathematically.
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I can kind of see how 2/6 might equal 1/3. But what about three ninths? Four twelfths? Seventy-eight two-hundred-thirty-fourths? It all just seems too farfetched.
The most obvious explanation, naturally, is conspiracy.
The most obvious explanation, naturally, is conspiracy.
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WTF? 2/6 SO does not equal 1/3. WTF?

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I'm going to opt for the Suki method of solving this problem.
Which fight do you figure is more fair: A fight of 1 against 3, or a fight of 2 against 6?
Clearly, 2 against 6 is fairer. A person alone can't size up a group of opponents as well as a couple; and three people act in concert well, while six people just tend to get in each other's way and one or two would have to sit out while the first few are getting fought off.
Which fight do you figure is more fair: A fight of 1 against 3, or a fight of 2 against 6?
Clearly, 2 against 6 is fairer. A person alone can't size up a group of opponents as well as a couple; and three people act in concert well, while six people just tend to get in each other's way and one or two would have to sit out while the first few are getting fought off.

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More like a fight between 1/3 of the population versus 2/6 of the population.blue_tetris wrote:I'm going to opt for the Suki method of solving this problem.
Which fight do you figure is more fair: A fight of 1 against 3, or a fight of 2 against 6?
Clearly, 2 against 6 is fairer. A person alone can't size up a group of opponents as well as a couple; and three people act in concert well, while six people just tend to get in each other's way and one or two would have to sit out while the first few are getting fought off.
I'd call that a fair fight. Yeah, they're equal.
(Well, unless one of those groups was non-human, cuz a group composed of 1/3 of every human can kick the shit out of 1/3 of the mosquito population, by virtue of being the species I happened to be born as.)
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What's great is that Kablizzy, who started this thread, has only posted in it, what, once or twice? Note that he hasn't given any real explanation or reason to his argument.
I guess he's playing with words in that 1/3 is NOT 2/6, much like cheese is not butter or something is not something else.
Or perhaps he's seeing who will agree with him to test a lemming theory.
Or maybe he wants to see how deep* people will actually go over this whole entire stupid thread.
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I guess he's playing with words in that 1/3 is NOT 2/6, much like cheese is not butter or something is not something else.
Or perhaps he's seeing who will agree with him to test a lemming theory.
Or maybe he wants to see how deep* people will actually go over this whole entire stupid thread.
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what are you talking about? this thread is deeper than....
1/3 doesn't appear to equal 2/6!
1/3 doesn't appear to equal 2/6!

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Woo, Ive just proved 1/3 isnt the same as 2/6. If you have 2 pies, and divide them into 6 equal sections, you have 6 slices. If you have 1 pie and divide into 3 equal sections, you have 3 slices, not 6 slices. So its really not the same, at least in this circumstance.

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whilst the proposed value of 2/6 equals the proposed value of 1/3, they are not the same.
A kilo of oranges, a kilo of apples.
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2/6 can't fit into 3/9.
Therefore I am right and they are not equal.
Shove that up your pipe and suck it.
Therefore I am right and they are not equal.
Shove that up your pipe and suck it.
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umm what?
IF YOU HAVE TWO PIES AND TAKE 6 PIECES, YOUR PIECES WILL BE THE SAME SIZE AS THE 1/3 PIE
2/6 = 9/O.o
IF YOU HAVE TWO PIES AND TAKE 6 PIECES, YOUR PIECES WILL BE THE SAME SIZE AS THE 1/3 PIE
2/6 = 9/O.o

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If you think of it as backwards ratios, i.e. If I have one banana, Kablizzy has three bananas, then clearly they are not equal. And Kablizzy never earned his six bananas in the first place. I'd like them back, please.
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1 out of 3 people vote for McCain.
2 out of 6 people vote for McCain.
:/
By the way, should 3/3 equal .99999...?
2 out of 6 people vote for McCain.
:/
By the way, should 3/3 equal .99999...?

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Ahahahahaha, yes! Woo!Techno wrote:By the way, should 3/3 equal .99999...?

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I think 1/3 will vote for McCain, 2/6 will vote for Obama, and the vast majority (3/9) will simply not vote.Techno wrote:1 out of 3 people vote for McCain.
2 out of 6 people vote for McCain.
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By the way, should 3/3 equal .99999...?

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They aren't technically equal, but they certainly are equivalent.
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Good God, is this still going? I'ma bust out an "Oops, Pow, Surprise" string here in a minute.

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I'm going to buy some ham.
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It's elk mating season, by the way.Kablizzy wrote:Good God, is this still going? I'ma bust out an "Oops, Pow, Surprise" string here in a minute.
1 out 3 elks is male.
2 out of 6 elks while find their mate within this month.
4 out of 12 elks* will be eaten by the 'Blizz.
What percent of the elk population remains.
*Assume no elks are born within Kablizzy's feasting period.

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...then why don't you pop it, Blizz?!?
As for my own lines:
1/3 and 2/6 aren't equal. Let me show you.
1/3 = 1/3. Duh.
2/6= 1/3 * 2/2. Duh.
x/3x = 1/3 * x/x. Duh.
Three Little Pigs = 3 Thirds of Each Little Pig = GW's Lunch. Du... ahh... um...
As for my own lines:
1/3 and 2/6 aren't equal. Let me show you.
1/3 = 1/3. Duh.
2/6= 1/3 * 2/2. Duh.
x/3x = 1/3 * x/x. Duh.
Three Little Pigs = 3 Thirds of Each Little Pig = GW's Lunch. Du... ahh... um...

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GamingWolf eats pigs?Zora_S_Kenneth wrote:...then why don't you pop it, Blizz?!?
Three Little Pigs = 3 Thirds of Each Little Pig = GW's Lunch. Du... ahh... um...

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Well, what DOES the big bad wolf population eat these days? Corn?

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