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Science & Math Pet Peeves

Anonymous Sun 24 Apr 10:22:30 2022 No.14423721 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>14424359 >>14424361 >>14424366

I'll start. I hate when people use percentages instead of fractions, especially "33%" instead of "1/3"

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Anonymous Sun 24 Apr 2022 15:31:20 No.14424359 Report

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Anonymous Sun 24 Apr 2022 15:32:44 No.14424361 Report

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>>14423721
I know, you could just say 33/100

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Anonymous Sun 24 Apr 2022 15:37:03 No.14424366 Report

>>14423721
33% and 1/3 are not the same thing though

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Anonymous Sun 24 Apr 2022 15:37:09 No.14424368 Report

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When the LHC is operational again but isn't going to find any proof of string theory.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Apr 2022 15:41:32 No.14424380 Report

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Anonymous Sun 24 Apr 2022 15:43:01 No.14424386 Report

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>>14424380
33% x 3 = 99%
1/3 x 3 = 3/3 = 100%
Anon...

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Anonymous Sun 24 Apr 2022 15:44:34 No.14424391 Report

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>>14424386
That seems like an assertion, not a proof. Show me the lemma!

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Anonymous Sun 24 Apr 2022 15:55:20 No.14424414 Report

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>>14424366
Even more reason why they should say 1/3 instead of turning it into a percent and then rounding down.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Apr 2022 19:16:01 No.14424906 Report

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